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Quality of Life in Yoga Practitioners—Research Conducted on a Population of Polish Yogis

Background: The aim of the study is to determine the quality of life of a population of healthy adult yoga practitioners and the correlation between the features of yoga practice and the quality of life. Methods: A total of 300 people aged 35–50 years were examined and divided into two groups. The r...

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Autores principales: Piekorz, Zuzanna, Radzimińska, Agnieszka, Lewandowski, Andrzej, Ossowski, Roman
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231326
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912023
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author Piekorz, Zuzanna
Radzimińska, Agnieszka
Lewandowski, Andrzej
Ossowski, Roman
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description Background: The aim of the study is to determine the quality of life of a population of healthy adult yoga practitioners and the correlation between the features of yoga practice and the quality of life. Methods: A total of 300 people aged 35–50 years were examined and divided into two groups. The respondent (SG; n = 150) was a yoga practitioner, and the control (CG; n = 150) did not practice yoga. The original questionnaire and the quality-of-life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) were used. The chi-square test, the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, the Mann–Whitney U test, the ANOVA Kruskal–Wallis test and the linear regression model were used. The significance level was set at p < 0.05. Results: Yoga practitioners are characterised by a significantly greater overall satisfaction with the quality of life (U = 9794.50; p < 0.05), a higher level of health satisfaction (U = 9194.50; p < 0.01) and higher satisfaction with quality life in terms of the results of somatic domains (U = 7579.00; p < 0.001), psychological (U = 8554.00; p < 0.001) and environmental domains (U = 7919.5; p < 0.001). A relationship was observed between the experience of yoga practice and the assessment of the quality of life in terms of physical functioning. Conclusions: The practice of adult yoga positively influences the assessment of their quality of life in the physical, mental and environmental spheres.
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spelling pubmed-95668012022-10-15 Quality of Life in Yoga Practitioners—Research Conducted on a Population of Polish Yogis Piekorz, Zuzanna Radzimińska, Agnieszka Lewandowski, Andrzej Ossowski, Roman Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The aim of the study is to determine the quality of life of a population of healthy adult yoga practitioners and the correlation between the features of yoga practice and the quality of life. Methods: A total of 300 people aged 35–50 years were examined and divided into two groups. The respondent (SG; n = 150) was a yoga practitioner, and the control (CG; n = 150) did not practice yoga. The original questionnaire and the quality-of-life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) were used. The chi-square test, the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, the Mann–Whitney U test, the ANOVA Kruskal–Wallis test and the linear regression model were used. The significance level was set at p < 0.05. Results: Yoga practitioners are characterised by a significantly greater overall satisfaction with the quality of life (U = 9794.50; p < 0.05), a higher level of health satisfaction (U = 9194.50; p < 0.01) and higher satisfaction with quality life in terms of the results of somatic domains (U = 7579.00; p < 0.001), psychological (U = 8554.00; p < 0.001) and environmental domains (U = 7919.5; p < 0.001). A relationship was observed between the experience of yoga practice and the assessment of the quality of life in terms of physical functioning. Conclusions: The practice of adult yoga positively influences the assessment of their quality of life in the physical, mental and environmental spheres. MDPI 2022-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9566801/ /pubmed/36231326 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912023 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231326
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912023
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