Mindful Walking in Psychologically Distressed Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of participants in both study groups.

	Mindful walking intervention (𝑛=36)	No intervention control (𝑛=38)
Age (mean ± SD)	52.3 ± 8.6	49.5 ± 8.8
Gender (male, %)	4 (11.1%)	3 (7.9%)
Body mass index (mean ± SD)	24.6 ± 4.8	25.9 ± 4.6
Level of perceived psychological distress on visual analogue scale (mean ± SD)**	71.3 ± 13.1	70.7 ± 12.4
Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale (mean ± SD)**	33.1 ± 6.1	32.9 ± 7.0
Quality of life: SF-36—physical component score (mean ± SD)*	50.8 ± 8.3	50.1 ± 9.3
Quality of life: SF-36—mental component score (mean ± SD)*	31.7 ± 8.8	36.3 ± 10.2
Expectation of improvement (𝑛, %)	32 (88.9%)	35 (92.1%)

*Higher values indicating better QoL, **lower values indicating less distress.