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Qualitative similarities and distinctions between participants' experiences with a yoga intervention and an attention control.

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Purpose

This manuscript aims to compare and contrast acceptability and perceived benefits of yoga-skills training (YST) and an empathic listening attention control (AC) in the Pro-You study, a randomized pilot trial of YST vs. AC for adults receiving chemotherapy infusions for gastrointestinal cancer.

Methods

Participants were invited for a one-on-one interview at week 14 follow-up, after completing all intervention procedures and quantitative assessments. Staff used a semi-structured guide to elicit participants' views on study processes, the intervention they received, and its effects. Qualitative data analysis followed an inductive/deductive approach, inductively identifying themes and deductively guided by social cognitive theory.

Results

Some barriers (e.g., competing demands, symptoms), facilitators (e.g., interventionist support, the convenience of clinic-based delivery), and benefits (e.g., decreased distress and rumination) were common across groups. YST participants uniquely described the importance of privacy, social support, and self-efficacy for increasing engagement in yoga. Benefits specific to YST included positive emotions and greater improvement in fatigue and other physical symptoms. Both groups described some self-regulatory processes, but through different mechanisms: self-monitoring in AC and the mind-body connection in YST.

Conclusions

This qualitative analysis demonstrates that participant experiences in a yoga-based intervention or an AC condition reflect social cognitive and mind-body frameworks of self-regulation. Findings can be used to develop yoga interventions that maximize acceptability and effectiveness and to design future research that elucidates the mechanisms by which yoga is efficacious.

SUBMITTER: Addington EL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10211359 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Qualitative similarities and distinctions between participants' experiences with a yoga intervention and an attention control.

Addington Elizabeth L EL Schlundt David D Bonnet Kemberlee K Birdee Gurjeet G Avis Nancy E NE Wagner Lynne I LI Rothman Russell L RL Ridner Sheila S Tooze Janet A JA Wheeler Amy A Schnur Julie B JB Sohl Stephanie J SJ

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 20230216 3

<h4>Purpose</h4>This manuscript aims to compare and contrast acceptability and perceived benefits of yoga-skills training (YST) and an empathic listening attention control (AC) in the Pro-You study, a randomized pilot trial of YST vs. AC for adults receiving chemotherapy infusions for gastrointestinal cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants were invited for a one-on-one interview at week 14 follow-up, after completing all intervention procedures and quantitative assessments. Staff used a semi-struct ...[more]

PMID: 36795229

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Qualitative similarities and distinctions between participants' experiences with a yoga intervention and an attention control.

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Qualitative similarities and distinctions between participants' experiences with a yoga intervention and an attention control.

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