Table 2 Baseline demographics and measures. *Any other ethnic group or prefer not to say, Mixed = two or more ethnic groups.

From: Effects of brief remote high ventilation breathwork with retention on mental health and wellbeing: a randomised placebo-controlled trial

Characteristic

Group

Intervention (n = 100)

Comparator (n = 100)

Test statistic (p)

Gender (n)

  

Χ22 = 0.02 (0.89)

Female

51

50

 

Male

49

50

 

Age (M ± SD)

31.50 ± 5.13

31.67 ± 4.87

t = 0.24 (0.80)

Ethnicity (n)

  

χ25 = 5.34 (0.38)

White

78

80

 

Black

7

8

 

Asian

11

5

 

Mixed

2

6

 

Other*

2

1

 

DASS (M ± SD)

29.12 ± 21.29

25.36 ± 19.51

t = 1.30 (0.19)

Stress

12.62 ± 7.55

11.96 ± 8.14

t = 0.59 (0.55)

Anxiety

6.44 ± 6.76

5.02 ± 5.39

t = 1.64 (0.10)

Depression

10.06 ± 9.59

8.38 ± 8.55

t = 1.31 (0.19)

SWEMWBS

22.21 ± 4.48

21.48 ± 4.09

t = 1.20 (0.23)

PROMIS

54.39 ± 9.79

54.70 ± 10.23

t = -0.22 (0.83)

PANAS

44.43 ± 9.92

42.91 ± 8.86

t = 1.14 (0.25)

Positive affect

30.07 ± 8.86

29.71 ± 8.64

t = 0.29 (0.77)

Negative affect

14.36 ± 6.36

13.20 ± 4.51

t = 1.49 (0.14)

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