Table 2.
Personal and medical characteristics of participants
| Yoga intervention participants (only)§ | Study participants | |
|---|---|---|
| Personal factors | ||
| Age† | 33.84 (6.06) | 34.20 (5.09) |
| Location (n) | ||
| Alberta | 42 | 16 |
| British Columbia | 09 | 02 |
| Manitoba | 05 | 01 |
| New Brunswick | 01 | 01 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 04 | 01 |
| Northwest Territories | 01 | 00 |
| Nova Scotia | 02 | 00 |
| Nunavut | 00 | 00 |
| Ontario | 19 | 06 |
| Prince Edward Island | 00 | 00 |
| Quebec | 04 | 00 |
| Saskatchewan | 05 | 03 |
| Yukon | 00 | 00 |
| Setting (n) | ||
| Urban location (defined as > 100,000 people) | – | 24 |
| Rural/remote location (defined as all non-urban locations) | – | 06 |
| Biological sex (n) | ||
| Female | – | 28 |
| Male | – | 02 |
| Current gender (n) | ||
| Female | – | 27 |
| Male | – | 02 |
| Others | – | 01 |
| Marital status (n) | ||
| Never married | – | 10 |
| Married | – | 14 |
| Common law | – | 06 |
| Education (highest level attained) (n) | ||
| Some university/college | – | 02 |
| Completed university/college | – | 19 |
| Some graduate school | – | 03 |
| Completed some graduate school | – | 06 |
| Annual income | ||
| < $20,000 | – | 01 |
| Between $20,000 and $39,000 | – | 02 |
| Between $40,000 and $59,000 | – | 03 |
| Between $60,000 and $79,000 | – | 05 |
| Between $80,000 and $99,000 | – | 07 |
| > $100,000 | – | 12 |
| Employment status (n) | ||
| Disability | – | 11 |
| Part-time | – | 09 |
| Homemaker | – | 01 |
| Full-time | – | 08 |
| Temporarily unemployed | – | 01 |
| Ethnicity (n)‡ | ||
| British | – | 15 |
| Western European | – | 17 |
| Eastern European | – | 08 |
| Northern European | – | 04 |
| Southern European | – | 01 |
| Aboriginal | – | 01 |
| East and Southern Asia | – | 02 |
| Southern Asia | – | 01 |
| Western Asia | – | 00 |
| Pacific Islands | – | 01 |
| Arab | – | 00 |
| Latin/Central and South America | – | 01 |
| Caribbean | – | 00 |
| African | – | 00 |
| Others | – | |
| Medical factors | ||
| Diagnosis (n)‡ | ||
| Blood | 18 | 09 |
| Breast | 34 | 13 |
| Digestive | 07 | 00 |
| Genitourinary | 01 | 00 |
| Gynecological | 03 | 01 |
| Head and neck | 04 | 01 |
| Lung | 02 | 01 |
| Metastases | – | 08 |
| Neurological | 02 | 02 |
| Others | 03 | 01 |
| Skin | 01 | 01 |
| Thyroid | 06 | 02 |
| Treatment status (n) | ||
| On-treatment | – | 14 |
| Off-treatment | – | 13 |
| On-treatment (current treatment) (n) | ||
| Surgery | – | 0 |
| Chemotherapy | – | 4 |
| Radiation | – | 00 |
| Hormone therapy | – | 11 |
| Biological therapy | – | 01 |
| Others | – | 02 |
| On-treatment (completed treatment) (n) | ||
| Surgery | – | 13 |
| Chemotherapy | – | 11 |
| Radiation | – | 09 |
| Hormone therapy | – | 01 |
| Biological therapy | – | 01 |
| Others | – | 03 |
| Off-treatment (completed treatment) (n) | ||
| Surgery | – | 07 |
| Chemotherapy | – | 07 |
| Radiation | – | 05 |
| Hormone therapy | – | 00 |
| Biological therapy | – | 00 |
| Others | – | 02 |
| Diagnosis date | ||
| 1990–1995 | 01 | 00 |
| 1995–2000 | 00 | 00 |
| 2001–2005 | 01 | 00 |
| 2006–2010 | 02 | 00 |
| 2011–2015 | 12 | 05 |
| 2016–2020 | 74 | 25 |
| Not provided | 02 | 00 |
| Symptoms (n)‡ | ||
| Fatigue | – | 25 |
| Pain | – | 16 |
| Lymphedema (swelling) | – | 05 |
| Peripheral neuropathy (tingling, numbness) or other nerve damages | – | 17 |
| Osteoporosis or bone loss | – | 02 |
| Ostomy (colostomy, ileostomy, J-pouch, urostomy) | – | 00 |
| Cognitive challenges (learning or memory problems, chemo brain, brain fog) | – | 18 |
| Weight maintenance issues | – | 13 |
| Breathing issues | – | 06 |
| Heart issues | – | 02 |
| Communication issues (speaking or hearing) | – | 02 |
| Others | – | 02 |
“–” indicates that data were not collected
§Young adults affected by cancer at baseline (week 0), who had completed at least one session
†Mean (SD)
‡Participants could select 'all that apply'