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Interest in and Barriers to Practicing Yoga among Family Caregivers of People with Cancer
BACKGROUND: Family caregivers of people with cancer report high levels of psychological distress. Yoga, with well-documented mental health benefits, could be a useful intervention to address distress in this population. However, little is known about yoga practices among cancer caregivers. The prese...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10424271/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37583540 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_203_22 |
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author | Desai, Krupali Applebaum, Allison J. Latte-Naor, Shelly Pendleton, Eva M. Cheyney, Sarah Li, Qing S. Bao, Ting Chimonas, Susan Mao, Jun J. |
author_facet | Desai, Krupali Applebaum, Allison J. Latte-Naor, Shelly Pendleton, Eva M. Cheyney, Sarah Li, Qing S. Bao, Ting Chimonas, Susan Mao, Jun J. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Family caregivers of people with cancer report high levels of psychological distress. Yoga, with well-documented mental health benefits, could be a useful intervention to address distress in this population. However, little is known about yoga practices among cancer caregivers. The present study evaluates their interest in and barriers to yoga practice. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey study of family caregivers of cancer patients at five suburban satellite locations of an academic cancer center. Survey items and statistical analyses focused on yoga usage as well as interest in and barriers to yoga practice. RESULTS: Among 539 participants, most were females (64.8%), white (84.2%), and caring for a spouse or partner (54.7%). Interest in practicing yoga among study participants was 42.3%. Increased interest was independently associated with being females (odds ratio [OR] = 3.30, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.98–5.51, P < 0.001) and employed (part-time: OR = 2.58, 95% CI = 1.1–6.18, P = 0.03; full-time: OR = 1.77, 95% CI = 1.1–2.01, P = 0.02). Few participants (6.3%) were currently practicing yoga, although 31% had done so in the past. Sixty-one percent of those who had practiced before their loved one’s diagnosis stopped practicing yoga afterward. Commonly cited barriers to yoga practice included time constraints (37.3%) and psychological obstacles (33.6%). About a quarter of those who had never practiced yoga lacked awareness of yoga’s benefits (26.6%). CONCLUSION: Despite the low use of yoga, interest in practicing was moderately high, especially among women and employed caregivers. As caregivers face numerous barriers to yoga practice, strategies are needed to overcome these barriers and help them access yoga’s health benefits. |
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spelling | pubmed-104242712023-08-15 Interest in and Barriers to Practicing Yoga among Family Caregivers of People with Cancer Desai, Krupali Applebaum, Allison J. Latte-Naor, Shelly Pendleton, Eva M. Cheyney, Sarah Li, Qing S. Bao, Ting Chimonas, Susan Mao, Jun J. Int J Yoga Original Article BACKGROUND: Family caregivers of people with cancer report high levels of psychological distress. Yoga, with well-documented mental health benefits, could be a useful intervention to address distress in this population. However, little is known about yoga practices among cancer caregivers. The present study evaluates their interest in and barriers to yoga practice. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey study of family caregivers of cancer patients at five suburban satellite locations of an academic cancer center. Survey items and statistical analyses focused on yoga usage as well as interest in and barriers to yoga practice. RESULTS: Among 539 participants, most were females (64.8%), white (84.2%), and caring for a spouse or partner (54.7%). Interest in practicing yoga among study participants was 42.3%. Increased interest was independently associated with being females (odds ratio [OR] = 3.30, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.98–5.51, P < 0.001) and employed (part-time: OR = 2.58, 95% CI = 1.1–6.18, P = 0.03; full-time: OR = 1.77, 95% CI = 1.1–2.01, P = 0.02). Few participants (6.3%) were currently practicing yoga, although 31% had done so in the past. Sixty-one percent of those who had practiced before their loved one’s diagnosis stopped practicing yoga afterward. Commonly cited barriers to yoga practice included time constraints (37.3%) and psychological obstacles (33.6%). About a quarter of those who had never practiced yoga lacked awareness of yoga’s benefits (26.6%). CONCLUSION: Despite the low use of yoga, interest in practicing was moderately high, especially among women and employed caregivers. As caregivers face numerous barriers to yoga practice, strategies are needed to overcome these barriers and help them access yoga’s health benefits. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023 2023-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10424271/ /pubmed/37583540 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_203_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 International Journal of Yoga https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Desai, Krupali Applebaum, Allison J. Latte-Naor, Shelly Pendleton, Eva M. Cheyney, Sarah Li, Qing S. Bao, Ting Chimonas, Susan Mao, Jun J. Interest in and Barriers to Practicing Yoga among Family Caregivers of People with Cancer |
title | Interest in and Barriers to Practicing Yoga among Family Caregivers of People with Cancer |
title_full | Interest in and Barriers to Practicing Yoga among Family Caregivers of People with Cancer |
title_fullStr | Interest in and Barriers to Practicing Yoga among Family Caregivers of People with Cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | Interest in and Barriers to Practicing Yoga among Family Caregivers of People with Cancer |
title_short | Interest in and Barriers to Practicing Yoga among Family Caregivers of People with Cancer |
title_sort | interest in and barriers to practicing yoga among family caregivers of people with cancer |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10424271/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37583540 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_203_22 |
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