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Characteristics of Yoga Practitioners, Motivators, and Yoga Techniques of Choice: A Cross-sectional Study
BACKGROUND: The characteristics of yoga practitioners and factors motivating people to practice yoga have been studied in the US and in Australia. This study aimed to determine the characteristics of yoga users in India, the factors that motivate them to practice yoga, and the yoga techniques of cho...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5529335/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28798908 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00184 |
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author | Telles, Shirley Sharma, Sachin Kumar Singh, Nilkamal Balkrishna, Acharya |
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description | BACKGROUND: The characteristics of yoga practitioners and factors motivating people to practice yoga have been studied in the US and in Australia. This study aimed to determine the characteristics of yoga users in India, the factors that motivate them to practice yoga, and the yoga techniques of choice. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was a one-time, cross-sectional survey based on convenience sampling. Inclusion criteria were (a) a minimum of 1 week experience of yoga and (b) at least 10 years of age. 14,250 people received the survey. After excluding those who did not meet the inclusion criteria or filled in the survey incompletely or incorrectly, 5,157 respondents were included in the study. RESULTS: Out of 5,157 respondents, there were more males (67.3%), aged between 21 and 44 years (33.7% of the sample surveyed), educated up to high school (62.5%), students (39.3%), and those who had between 1 and 12 months of experience in yoga (54.4%). The first most common reason to practice yoga for all respondents was physical fitness. Three of the remaining reasons to practice yoga differed significantly with age: (i) yoga for disease management (χ(2) = 17.62, p < 0.005), (ii) yoga as a hobby (χ(2) = 10.87, p < 0.05), and (iii) yoga based on the guru’s (teacher’s) instructions (χ(2) = 20.05, p < 0.001). The yoga technique of choice [i.e., (i) asanas (χ(2) = 23.17, p < 0.001), (ii) pranayama (χ(2) = 19.87, p < 0.001), or (iii) meditation (χ(2) = 9.64, p < 0.05)] differed significantly across age groups. CONCLUSION: In India, a yoga practitioner was more likely to be male, between 21 and 44 years of age, high school educated, and a student. The reasons to practice yoga and the yoga technique of choice differed significantly with age. |
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spelling | pubmed-55293352017-08-10 Characteristics of Yoga Practitioners, Motivators, and Yoga Techniques of Choice: A Cross-sectional Study Telles, Shirley Sharma, Sachin Kumar Singh, Nilkamal Balkrishna, Acharya Front Public Health Public Health BACKGROUND: The characteristics of yoga practitioners and factors motivating people to practice yoga have been studied in the US and in Australia. This study aimed to determine the characteristics of yoga users in India, the factors that motivate them to practice yoga, and the yoga techniques of choice. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was a one-time, cross-sectional survey based on convenience sampling. Inclusion criteria were (a) a minimum of 1 week experience of yoga and (b) at least 10 years of age. 14,250 people received the survey. After excluding those who did not meet the inclusion criteria or filled in the survey incompletely or incorrectly, 5,157 respondents were included in the study. RESULTS: Out of 5,157 respondents, there were more males (67.3%), aged between 21 and 44 years (33.7% of the sample surveyed), educated up to high school (62.5%), students (39.3%), and those who had between 1 and 12 months of experience in yoga (54.4%). The first most common reason to practice yoga for all respondents was physical fitness. Three of the remaining reasons to practice yoga differed significantly with age: (i) yoga for disease management (χ(2) = 17.62, p < 0.005), (ii) yoga as a hobby (χ(2) = 10.87, p < 0.05), and (iii) yoga based on the guru’s (teacher’s) instructions (χ(2) = 20.05, p < 0.001). The yoga technique of choice [i.e., (i) asanas (χ(2) = 23.17, p < 0.001), (ii) pranayama (χ(2) = 19.87, p < 0.001), or (iii) meditation (χ(2) = 9.64, p < 0.05)] differed significantly across age groups. CONCLUSION: In India, a yoga practitioner was more likely to be male, between 21 and 44 years of age, high school educated, and a student. The reasons to practice yoga and the yoga technique of choice differed significantly with age. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5529335/ /pubmed/28798908 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00184 Text en Copyright © 2017 Telles, Sharma, Singh and Balkrishna. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Telles, Shirley Sharma, Sachin Kumar Singh, Nilkamal Balkrishna, Acharya Characteristics of Yoga Practitioners, Motivators, and Yoga Techniques of Choice: A Cross-sectional Study |
title | Characteristics of Yoga Practitioners, Motivators, and Yoga Techniques of Choice: A Cross-sectional Study |
title_full | Characteristics of Yoga Practitioners, Motivators, and Yoga Techniques of Choice: A Cross-sectional Study |
title_fullStr | Characteristics of Yoga Practitioners, Motivators, and Yoga Techniques of Choice: A Cross-sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of Yoga Practitioners, Motivators, and Yoga Techniques of Choice: A Cross-sectional Study |
title_short | Characteristics of Yoga Practitioners, Motivators, and Yoga Techniques of Choice: A Cross-sectional Study |
title_sort | characteristics of yoga practitioners, motivators, and yoga techniques of choice: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5529335/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28798908 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00184 |
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