dc.contributor.author | Hsu, Chen-Yuan | |
dc.contributor.author | Moyle, Wendy | |
dc.contributor.author | Cooke, Marie | |
dc.contributor.author | Jones, Cindy | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-11T02:38:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-11T02:38:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0965-2299 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ctim.2015.11.006 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/99872 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: Compare the effect of seated Tai Chi exercise (intervention) to usual activities on quality of life
and depression symptoms in older people using wheelchairs.
Design: Randomized controlled trial.
Setting: One long-term care facility in Taiwan.
Participants: 86 long-term care residents were screened; 60 were eligible and randomized to Tai Chi group
(n = 30), or usual activity (n = 30).
Intervention: One certified trainer provided the intervention group with 40 min of seated Tai Chi exercise,
three times a week for 26 weeks. Trial registration ACTRN12613000029796.
Main outcome measures: Quality of Life (WHOQOL (BREF)); depression symptoms (GDS-SF)
Results: Participants in the Tai Chi group (M = 3.76, SD = 3.65) recorded significantly lower GDS-SF scores
than participants in the control (M = 7.76, SD = 5.15) and the Tai Chi group registered significantly higher
scores across overall QOL [p = 0.03], general health [p = 0.04], and the associated domains: physical health
[p = 0.00], psychological health [p = 0.02], social relations [p = 0.00], and environment [p = 0.00].
Conclusions: The findings highlight the importance of Tai Chi in improving QOL and depression in this
population. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 6 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Complementary Therapies in Medicine | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 24 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Psychology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4208 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 420899 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 52 | |
dc.title | Seated Tai Chi versus usual activities in older people using wheelchairs: A randomized controlled trial | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Cooke, Marie L. | |
gro.griffith.author | Moyle, Wendy | |