Table 6 Asthma quality of life scores during the study
AQOL sub domains | Group | Week 0 | Week 2 | Week 4 | Week 8 | p -value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptoms | Yoga | 3.77 ± 1.3 | 5.07 ± 1.4‡ | 5.38 ± 1.1‡ | 5.42 ± 1.2‡ | 0.033 |
|  | Control | 3.63 ± 1.4 | 3.96 ± 1.7 | 4.42 ± 1.5†| 4.70 ± 1.7†|  |
Activity limitation | Yoga | 3.66 ± 1.1 | 4.82 ± 1.3‡ | 5.21 ± 1.0‡ | 5.47 ± 1.1‡ | 0.033 |
|  | Control | 3.67 ± 1.2 | 3.74 ± 1.5 | 3.90 ± 1.4 | 4.20 ± 1.5 |  |
Emotional function | Yoga | 3.94 ± 1.5 | 5.10 ± 1.6†| 5.45 ± 1.3‡ | 5.71 ± 1.3‡ | 0.006 |
|  | Control | 3.60 ± 1.4 | 4.01 ± 1.6 | 4.15 ± 1.8 | 4.32 ± 1.7 |  |
Response to environmental stimuli | Yoga | 3.46 ± 1.5 | 4.64 ± 1.5‡ | 5.0 ± 1.4‡ | 5.3 ± 1.6‡ | NS |
|  | Control | 4.04 ± 1.4 | 3.83 ± 1.5 | 4.08 ± 1.6 | 4.40 ± 1.8 |  |
Total Quality of Life | Yoga | 3.72 ± 1.2 | 4.93 ± 1.3‡ | 5.28 ± 1.0‡ | 5.46 ± 1.1‡ | 0.013 |
|  | Control | 3.64 ± 1.1 | 3.90 ± 1.5 | 4.17 ± 1.4* | 4.50 ± 1.5†|  |