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What is Yoga?

Yoga is a group of ancient spiritual practices originating in India, and within Hinduism refers to ascetic and meditational practices intended to lead to spiritual experience and insight into the nature of existence. Outside India, yoga is practiced as a form of exercise. Read more...Click to read more below

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 5%
Mild
1 5%
None
19 90%

Most commonly reported side effects

Pain
1 5%
Fatigue
1 5%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Schedules

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently doing Yoga. See all 40 dosages ►

  105minutes as needed 10 min as needed 1hours as needed 30minutes as needed 60 min all the time (24/7) as needed daily monthly weekly 1 hr monthly 1 hr weekly 1 weekly 1.5 hours weekly 1.5 hr weekly 2 hr weekly 2 weekly 3 hr weekly 3 weekly 0.5 hours daily 4 hr weekly 5 hr weekly 1 hr daily 1 min daily 1.5 hours daily 12 hr weekly 15 min weekly 2.5 hours daily 30 min weekly 60 min weekly 10 min daily 75 min weekly 90 min weekly 15 min daily 120 min weekly 20 min daily weekly 30 min daily 45 min daily 60 min daily 60 min one time
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 22 Number of Patients: 22 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 23 Number of Patients: 23 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Doing Yoga (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
11 65% Other: 65%
Expense
2 12% Expense: 12%
Not indicated
2 12% Not indicated: 12%
Did not seem to work
1 6% Did not seem to work: 6%
Course of treatment ended
1 6% Course of treatment ended: 6%

See all 16 patients who’ve stopped doing Yoga

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Doing Yoga

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
3
5
18
20
48

Stopped Doing Yoga

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
4
1
4
3
3

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 10%
Usually
8 38%
Sometimes
11 52%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
4 19%
Somewhat
3 14%
A little
6 29%
Not at all
8 38%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 5%
$50-99
3 14%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
6 29%

Report created on November 21, 2009.