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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of participants in the yoga group

From: Strategies for evaluating self-efficacy and observed success in the practice of yoga postures for therapeutic indications: methods from a yoga intervention for urinary incontinence among middle-aged and older women

 

Yoga Group (N = 27)

Demographic history

 Age in years

65.0 (±8.9)

 Age ≥ 65 years

11 (40.7%)

 Race/ethnicity

 Non-Latina White

17 (63.0%)

 Non-Latina African-American

0 (0%)

 Latina

1 (3.7%)

 Non-Latina Asian/Asian-American

4 (14.8%)

 Non-Latina Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

2 (7.4%)

 Unknown

3 (11.1%)

Gynecologic history

 Hysterectomy (known risk factor for UI)

5 (18.5%)

General medical history

 Heart disease

1 (3.7%)

 Lung disease (asthma, bronchitis, COPD)

7 (25.9%)

 Arthritis

13 (48.2%)

Health-related habits

  Current smoker

2 (16.7%)

  ≥ 1 Alcoholic beverage per week

14 (51.9%)

Physical exam measures

 Body mass index (kg/m2)

26.5 (±4.4)

Clinical incontinence type

 Urgency or urgency-predominant

18 (66.7%)

 Stress or stress-predominant

9 (33.3%)

 Equally mixed stress-and-urge

0 (0%)

Incontinence frequency (episodes/day)

 Total Incontinence

3.9 (±1.5)

 Urgency Incontinence

2.2 (±1.8)

 Stress Incontinence

1.4 (±1.6)

Incontinence duration

 Less than 1 year

2 (7.4%)

 1 to 4 years

13 (48.2%)

 5 years or more

12 (44.4%)

Anxiety, depression, & sleep questionnaire scores

 Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) – Anxiety Subscale

5.8 (±4.6)

 Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) – Depression Subscale

3.5 (±3.2)

Physical function and performance

 PROMIS Adult Physical Function Profile short-form

13.8 (±5.6)

 Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) score

11.5 (±1.3)

  1. Data are presented as number (percentage) or mean (±standard deviation)