Feasibility of a Yoga Intervention in Sedentary African-American Women

Completion of Assessment Measures (Feasibility)

At least 90% of intervention and control participants will complete post-intervention assessments.

Time frame: Post-Intervention (within 2 months)

Rating of Assessment Measures (Feasibility)

At least 80% intervention and control participants rate the assessments as not too burdensome (rated 1 or 2) on a scale from 1 (not burdensome) to 5 (very burdensome).

Time frame: 3-month follow-up

Completion of Assessment Measures (Feasibility)

At least 90% of intervention and control participants will complete 3-month follow-up assessments.

Time frame: 3-month follow-up

Rating of Intervention Components (Acceptability)

At least 90% intervention participants rate the various intervention components (e.g., location, in-person classes, instructors, home-based resources) as acceptable with a rating of 4, 5, or 6 on a scale from 1 (strongly dislike) to 6 (strongly like).

Time frame: Post-intervention (within 2 months)

Participant Rating of Yoga Intervention (Acceptability)

At least 90% intervention participants rate intervention acceptable (i.e., rating of 4, 5, or 6 on a scale from 1 (strongly dislike) to 6 (strongly like)) and enjoyable (i.e., rating of 3, 4, or 5 on a scale from 1 (not enjoyed) to 5 (enjoyed very much)).

Time frame: Post-intervention (within 2 months)

Number of Adverse Events (Safety)

Zero adverse events (causes major disruption to participants' life, e.g., sprain, broken bone, cardiovascular event, death), zero moderate adverse events (causes minor inconvenience to participant, e.g., fainting spell, sore muscles for more than 3 days) and less than 10% of participants report mild adverse events (no major impact, e.g., headache, sore muscles for 2-3 days)

Time frame: During the 12-week yoga intervention