Author: Cheng JH1, Wang YJ2, Chou SS3, Yeh ML4
Affiliation: <sup>1</sup>MSN, RN, Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
<sup>2</sup>PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, ROC.
<sup>3</sup>PhD, RN, Deputy Director, Department of Nursing, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
<sup>4</sup>PhD, RN, Professor, Graduate Institute of Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine With Western Nursing, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taiwan, ROC. meiling@ntunhs.edu.tw.
Conference/Journal: Hu Li Za Zhi.
Date published: 2018 Oct
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Volume ID: 65 , Issue ID: 5 , Pages: 34-44 , Special Notes: doi: 10.6224/JN.201810_65(5).06. [Article in Chinese; Abstract available in Chinese from the publisher] , Word Count: 230
BACKGROUND: Evidence-based research has shown the effects of traditional Chinese exercise on exercise capacity, depression, and quality of life in patients with cardiovascular disease. However, the effects of Chan-Chuang qigong on the physical and psychological status and on the quality of life of these patients are unknown.
PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of Chan-Chuang qigong on exercise capacity, depression, and quality of life in patients with heart failure.
METHODS: A randomized controlled study with repeated measures was conducted. One hundred participants with heart failure were recruited from a teaching medical center in Taiwan. Permuted block randomization was used to randomly assign the participants to either the Chan-Chuang qigong group, which received Chan-Chuang qigong intervention for three-months, or the control group. The outcome variables included six-minute walk distance, depression, and quality of life.
RESULTS: Generalized estimating equation analyses showed that the Chan-Chuang qigong group achieved significantly greater improvements than the control group in terms of six-minute walk distance (p = .001, p < .001, p < .001, respectively) and quality of life (p = .016, p < .001, p < .001, respectively) at 2, 4, and 12 weeks after the intervention and depression at 12 weeks after the intervention (p = .016).
CONCLUSIONS / IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: The results of this study indicate that Chan-Chuang qigong improves exercise capacity, depression, and quality of life in patients with heart failure without imposing harmful side effects.
KEYWORDS: Chan-Chuang qigong; depression; exercise capacity; heart failure; quality of life
PMID: 30276771