Vergeer, Ineke 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6560-9023 and Bennie, Jason A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8668-8998 and Charity, Melanie J. and van Uffelen, Jannique G. Z. and Harvey, Jack T. and Biddle, Stuart J. H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7663-6895 and Eime, Rochelle M.
(2018)
Participant characteristics of users of holistic movement practices in Australia.
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 31.
pp. 181-187.
ISSN 1744-3881
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Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the characteristics of users of holistic movement practices in Australia to people who were physically active but not using holistic movement practices. A second aim was to compare characteristics of users of specific holistic movement practices (yoga/Pilates and t'ai chi/qigong).
Design: We performed a secondary data analysis on pooled data of a nationally-representative physical activity survey conducted yearly 2001e2010 (n = 195,926).
Setting: Australia-wide Exercise, Recreation, and Sport Survey (ERASS).
Main outcome measures: A range of socio-demographic and participation characteristics were documented and compared between users and non-users of holistic movement practices and between yoga/Pilates and t'ai chi/qigong users, employing descriptive statistics, chi square, and multiple logistic regression analyses.
Results: Users of holistic movement practices (n = 6826) were significantly more likely than non-users to be female, older, have fewer children at home, and have higher levels of education, socio-economic background, and physical activity involvement (p < 0.001). Yoga/Pilates (n = 5733) and t'ai chi/qigong (n = 947) users were also found to differ on a number of characteristics, including age, sex, socioeconomic background, and marital status.
Conclusion: As a group, Australian users of holistic movement practices differ on a range of characteristics from those Australians active in other types of physical activities. However, differences between yoga/Pilates and t'ai chi/qigong users suggest these practices attract somewhat different subpopulations. To what extent these differences are due to characteristics inherent to the practices themselves or to differences in delivery-related parameters needs to be examined in future research.
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