Meditative practices, stress and sleep among students studying complementary and integrative health: a cross-sectional analysis

Table 5 Associations of meditative practices with perceived stress and disturbed sleep

Meditative Practice
PSS-10	b	95% CI	P value
Unadjusted	−2.0	−5.3 – 1.2	0.22
Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity	−1.9	0.005–5.0	0.3
BMI	−1.2	−4.8 – 2.5	0.53
Alcohol, Smoking, Physical Activity	−0.73	−4.3 – 2.9	0.7
Fully Adjusted	−1.1	−5.0 – 2.9	0.6
PROMIS-Sleep	b	95% CI	P value
Unadjusted	0.25	−3.7 – 4.22	0.9
Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity	0.25	−3.9 – 4.4	0.9
BMI	1.4	−2.8 – 5.5	0.52
Alcohol, Smoking, Physical Activity	2.4	−1.6 – 6.4	0.23
Fully Adjusted	3.0	−1.2 – 7.3	0.2

Table shows regression coefficient with 95% Confidence Interval (95% CI) and p-value for effect of meditative practices on PSS-10 (10-item Perceived Stress Scale) and PROMIS-29 (Patient Reported Outcome Measures Information System-29 Sleep Score), in each model. Crude model (Unadjusted); adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity; Body mass index (BMI); Alcohol consumption, use of tobacco, and physical activity level; Fully adjusted model includes the addition of hemoglobin A1c (Fully Adjusted); b (beta-coefficient)

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