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†

All values are expressed as mean ± SD.

* p < .05; † p < .01; ‡ p < .001 based on post-hoc pair wise comparisons with 0 wk values.

p-values were obtained from the between groups comparison in the GLM, NS – not significant.

Vempati et al. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2009 9:37   doi:10.1186/1471-2466-9-37