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Trial reportJournal of general internal medicine2008

Characteristics of yoga users: results of a national survey.

Gurjeet S Birdee, Anna T Legedza, Robert B Saper, Suzanne M Bertisch, David M Eisenberg, Russell S Phillips

Abstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of general internal medicine, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

107 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Yoga for chronic non-specific low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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  6. Yoga treatment for chronic non-specific low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  8. A systematic review of yoga for balance in a healthy population.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2014
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  20. Feasibility and Safety of Intradialysis Yoga and Education in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients.Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Gurjeet S BirdeeDivision for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Gurjeet_Birdee@hms.harvard.edu
Anna T Legedza
Robert B Saper
Suzanne M Bertisch
David M Eisenberg
Russell S Phillips

Funding

Research Training in Complementary and Integrative MedicineT32AT000051 · NCCIH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI GLORIA Y YEH · 1999 to 2026
$10.2M
Research and Mentorship in Alternative MedicineK24AT000589 · NCCIH · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI PHILLIPS, RUSSELL SCOTT · 2001 to 2010
$1.5M
NCCIH NIH HHS K24 AT000589NCCIH NIH HHS K24-AT000589NCCIH NIH HHS T32 AT000051NCCIH NIH HHS T32AT00051-06
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere are limited data on the characteristics of yoga users in the U.S.

objectiveTo characterize yoga users, medical reasons for use, perceptions of helpfulness, and disclosure of use to medical professionals.

methodsUtilizing cross-sectional survey data from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Alternative Medicine Supplement (n = 31044), we examined correlates of yoga use for health. The estimated prevalence from 2002 NHIS of yoga for health was 5.1% corresponding to over 10 million adults.

resultsIn 2002, yoga users were predominately Caucasian (85%) and female (76%) with a mean age of 39.5 years. Compared to non-yoga users, yoga users were more likely female (OR 3.76, 95% CI 3.11-4.33); less likely black than white (OR 0.65, 95% CI 0.53-0.80); tended to be younger; and more likely college educated (OR 2.70, 95% CI 2.37-3.08). Musculoskeletal conditions (OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.42-1.83), mental health conditions (OR 1.43, 95% CI 1.22-1.67), severe sprains in the last 12 months (OR 1.49, 95% CI 1.22-1.81), and asthma (OR 1.27, 95% CI 1.05-1.54) were independently associated with higher yoga use, while hypertension (OR 0.78, 95% CI 0.64-0.95) and chronic obstructive lung disease (OR 0.69, 95% CI 0.48-1.00) were associated with lower use. Yoga was most commonly used to treat musculoskeletal or mental health conditions, and most users reported yoga to be helpful for these conditions. A majority of yoga users (61%) felt yoga was important in maintaining health, though only 25% disclosed yoga practice to their medical professional.

conclusionsWe found that yoga users are more likely to be white, female, young and college educated. Yoga users report benefit for musculoskeletal conditions and mental health, indicating that further research on the efficacy of yoga for the treatment and/or prevention of these conditions is warranted.

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Complementary TherapiesHealth SurveysYogaAdolescentAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth BehaviorHumansMaleMiddle AgedUnited States

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PMID18651193
PMCPMC2533368

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