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Table 2 Participants’ Self-Confidence in Performing Specific Yoga Poses at Week 12, Based on the Yoga Posture Self-Efficacy Assessment Questionnaire (Y-SEA)

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

 

Percentage of participants reporting confidence in performing each posture

Posture

Not at all confident [1]

Slightly confident [2]

Moderately confident [3]

Very confident [4]

Extremely confident [5]

Mean self-efficacy ratinga (SD)

Tadasana (mountain pose)

0%

0%

7.4%

33.3%

59.3%

4.5

(0.6)

Utkatasana (chair pose)

3.7%

3.7%

14.8%

40.7%

37.0%

4.0

(1.0)

Trikonasana (triangle pose)

0%

7.4%

18.5%

29.6%

44.4%

4.1

(1.0)

Virabhadrasana 2 (warrior 2 pose)

0%

3.7%

14.8%

29.6%

51.0%

4.3

(0.9)

Parsvottanasana (intense side stretch pose)

0%

3.7%

14.8%

37.0%

44.4%

4.2

(0.8)

Malasana (garland/squat pose)

7.4%

7.4%

29.6%

25.9%

29.6%

3.6

(1.2)

Bharadvajasana (seated twist pose)

0%

3.7%

11.1%

25.9%

59.3%

4.4

(0.8)

Vajrasana

0%

3.7%

14.8%

33.3%

48.2%

4.3

(0.9)

Baddha Konasana (bound angle pose)

0%

0%

14.8%

25.9%

59.3%

4.4

(0.8)

Shalabhasana (locust pose)

0%

7.4%

29.6%

25.9%

37.0%

3.9

(1.0)

Salamba setubandhasana (supported bridge pose)

0%

0%

25.9%

25.9%

48.2%

4.2

(0.8)

Supta padangusthasana (reclined hand to big toe pose)

0%

0%

11.1%

25.9%

63.0%

4.5

(0.7)

Supta baddha konasana (reclined bound angle pose)

0%

0%

11.1%

29.6%

59.3%

4.5

(0.7)

Viparita karani variation (inverted lake pose)

3.7%

3.7%

3.7%

29.6%

59.3%

4.4

(1.0)

Savasana (corpse pose)

0%

0%

3.7%

18.5%

77.8%

4.7

(0.5)

  1. Percentages are column percentages
  2. aCalculated by taking the average of all self-efficacy ratings for each posture, based on a scale of 1 (not at all confident) to 5 (extremely confident)