Table 4

Dropout, attendance and adverse events of the included studies

StudyDropoutIntervention fidelityAdverse events
Behere et al 51 Total 18% (20% yoga; 15% control)
Buttner et al 39 Total 11% (14% yoga; 7% control)
Field et al 40 Total 14%
Field et al 41 Total 25%
Hallgren et al 56 Total 22% (33% yoga; 11% control)
Ikai et al 52 Total 28%
Ikai et al 53 Total 9% (7% yoga; 5% control)0
Jindani et al 42 37.5% (all from yoga)
Lin et al, 201554 Total 23.40%0
Mitchell et al 43
Prathikanti et al 44 Total 44%Total 65% adherence rate (74% yoga; 51% control)0
Reinhardt et al 45 a Total 48% –
Sarubin et al 55 Total 12%
Uebelacker et al 46 Total 15% (8% yoga; 22% control)Mean 8.9 (SD 5.1) classes attended/10 min (20 max)0
Uebelacker et al 47 Total 15%Average 92% fidelity of yoga instructor to intervention protocol, 18 item checklist (yoga group only)0
Van der Kolk et al 49 1.6% yoga; 4.7% control
Varambally et al 50 Total 20%
Visceglia et al 19 0
Weinstock et al 48 Total 22%Average 4.8 (SD 5.12) classes attended/10 min (20 max)0
  • –, not specified.