Figure 1 Age distribution of the women who completed the questionnaire

A total of 410 women participated in the study and completed the questionnaire. The respondents in the various age groups were 18-25 years (75), 26-30 years (127), 31-35 years (91), 36-40 (117). Figure 1 shows the age group-wise distribution in % form.

Figure 2 Frequency of practice of SKY

Scale

Item

Abbreviated Item Content

Physical Functioning (PF)

3a

Vigorous activities, such as running , lifting heavy objects, or participating in strenuous sports

3b

Moderate activities, such as a moving a table, pushing a vacuum cleaner, bowling, or playing golf

3c

Lifting or carrying groceries

3d

Climbing several flights of stairs

3e

Climbing one flight of stairs

3f

Bending, kneeling, or stooping

3g

Walking more than a mile

3h

Walking several hundred of yards

3i

Walking one hundred yards

3j

Bathing or dressing oneself

Role–Physical (RP)

4a

Cut down amount of time one spent on work other activities

4b

Accomplished less than you would like

4c

Limited in kind of work or other activities

4d

Had difficulty performing work or other activities(e.g., it took extra effort)

Bodily pain (BP)

7

Intensity of bodily pain

8

Extent pain interfered with normal work

General Health (GH)

1

Is your health: excellent, very good, good, fair, poor

11a

Seem to get sick a little easier than other people

11b

As healthy as anybody I know

11c

Expect my health to get worse

11d

Health is excellent

Vitality (VT)

9a

Feel full of life

9e

Have a lot of energy

9g

Feel worn out

9i

Feel tired

Social Functioning (SF)

6

Extent health problems interfered with normal social activities

10

Frequency health problem health interfered with social activities

Role Emotional (RE)

5a

Cut down the amount of time spent on work or other activities

5b

Accomplished less than you would like

5c

Did work or other activities less carefully than usual

Mental Health (MH)

9b

Been very nervous

9c

Felt so down in the dumps that nothing could cheer you up

9d

Felt calm and peaceful

9f

Felt downhearted and depressed

9h

Been Happy

Reported Health Transition (HT)

2

How health is now compared to 1 year ago

Table 1: Abbreviated Item content for the SF 36 Health Survey Health domain scales (adapted from An excerpt from the User's Manual for the SF-36v2 Health Survey)

SCALE

ITEM

Chronbach's ALPHA

MEAN

SD

Physical Functioning

10

0.916

24.4209

3.0277

Role Limitations

5

0.82

19.8982

3.4097

Energy/Fatigue

4

0.621

34.0783

4.8012

Emotional well being

5

0.773

27.5775

3.0314

Social functioning

2

0.559

27.3399

3.3091

Pain

2

0.776

27.6232

3.5351

General Health

5

0.727

25.9178

6.0798

Table 2: Measurement of Chronbachs alpha score

Attribute

Before SKY

After SKY

Change Significant (p<0.05)

Rating of general health  (% of Ex/V Good)

14.39%

74.63%

Yes

Amount of time cut down on work due to health (Yes%/No %)

44.39/54.39

22.20/76.59

Yes

Accomplished less than normal due to health (Yes/No %)

52.93/43.17

22.93/73.17

Yes

Limitation in work or other activities due to health (Yes/No%)

   50.98/48.05

17.56/81.46

Yes

A Had difficulty in performing work(Yes/No%)

60.0/39.27

15.37/83.90

Yes

Didn't do work or other activities as carefully due to health (Yes/No %)

49.51/49.51

19.76/79.27

Yes

 Extent that physical health/emotional problems interfered with your normal social activities with family, friends, groups (Not at all/slightly %)

8.78/20.49

36.83/39.76

Yes

Body Pain experienced (severe/V. Severe %)

19.75/11.95

4.62/1.46

Yes

How much did pain interfere with your normal work (Not at all/A little)

15.61/19.26

33.90/41.95

Yes

Table 3: Overall comparison before and after SKY practice: impact on general health

Attribute

Dependency

Chi Sq Cal

Chi SqCrit (alpha, df)

Amount of time cut down on work due to health (Yes%/No %)

Independent

0.08

7.81(0.05,3)

Accomplished less than normal due to health (Yes/No %)

Independent

3.44

7.81(0.05,3)

Limitation in work or other activities due to health (Yes/No %)

Independent

1.31

7.81(0.05,3)

A Had difficulty in performing work(Yes/No%)

Independent

1.36

7.81(0.05,3)

Didn't do work or other activities as carefully due to health (Yes/No %)

Independent

1.14

7.81(0.05,3)

 Extent that physical health/emotional problems interfered with your normal social activities with family, friends, groups (Not at all/slightly %)

Independent

13.62

21.02(0.05,12)

Body Pain experienced (severe/V. Severe%)

Independent

18.50

24.99(0.05,15)

How much did pain interfere with your normal work (Not at all/A little %)

    Dependent

30.46

21.07(0.05,12)

Table 4: A statistically significant improvement (p< 0.05) in post SKY responses in all the four age groups in respect of most of the attributes of health.

ATTRIBUTE

DEPENDENCY

CHI SQ CAL

CHI SQ CRIT(alpha, df)

Health rated after SKY

Independent

11.27

16.91(0.05,9)

Amount of time cut down on work due to health after SKY

Independent

2.52

7.81(0.05,3)

Accomplished less than normal due to health

Independent

4.09

7.81(0.05,3)

Limitation in work or other activities due to health

Independent

5.74

7.81(0.05,3)

Had difficulty in performing work after

Independent

3.38

7.81(0.05,3)

Didn't do work or other activities as carefully due to health after SKY

Independent

3.63

7.81(0.05,3)

Extent that physical health/emotional problems interfered with your normal social activities with family after SKY

Independent

10.66

21.02(0.05,12

Pain experienced

Independent

23.46

24.99(0.05,15)

How much did pain interfere with your normal

Independent

16.74

21.02(0.05,12

Table 5: NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE SKY and improvement of all symptoms

ATTRIBUTE

DEPENDENCY

CHI SQ CAL

CHI SQ CRIT(alpha, df)

Health rated after SKY

Dependent

30.79

24.99(0.05,15)

Amount of time cut down on work due to health

Dependent

14.10

11.07(0.05,5)

Accomplished less than normal due to health

Independent

7.58

11.07(0.05,5)

Limitation in work or other activities due to health

Independent

4.56

11.07(0.05,5)

AA( Had difficulty in performing work after SKY

Independent

5.60

11.07(0.05,5)

Didn't do work or other activities as carefully due to health after SKY

Independent

2.89

11.07(0.05,5)

Extent that physical health/emotional problems interfered with your normal social activities with family after SKY

     Dependent

51.67

31.41(0.05,20)

Pain experienced after SKY

     Dependent

48.57

37.65(0.05,25)

How much did pain interfere with your normal work after SKY)

     Dependent

31.41

31.41(0.05,20)

Table 6: Frequency of Practice of SKY and dependency