The longitudinal effects of seated isometric yoga on blood biomarkers, autonomic functions, and psychological parameters of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: a pilot study

Table 2 Effects of a two-month intervention on psychological test scores of the patients of the yoga group and those of the control group (each group n = 15)

Profile	∆		Independent-sample t test (P)	2-way repeated ANOVA (P)			Effect Size between Groups (Cohen’s d)
Profile	Yoga group	Control group	Independent-sample t test (P)	Group	Time	Group x Time	Effect Size between Groups (Cohen’s d)
Chalder FS	−6.7 ± 6.9	−0.3 ± 3.4	0.004	0.124	0.001	0.003	−1.165
TAS-20	−0.4 ± 5.9	−0.3 ± 5.7	0.950	0.778	0.755	0.950	−0.017
HADS-A	−0.8 ± 2.4	−0.5 ± 2.9	0.786	0.172	0.181	0.786	−0.113
HADS-D	−2.6 ± 3.8	0.9 ± 2.7	0.008	0.075	0.163	0.008	−1.062

Values are mean ± standard deviation
∆: The mean difference between Pre and Post values, i.e. Post value – Pre value
P values Tested with two-way repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) and unpaired-sample t-test

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