The effect of Tai Chi on health related qualify of life in people elevated blood glucose or diabetes: A randomized controlled trial
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Miller, Yvette D
Burton, Nicola W
Chang, Jiun-Horng
Brown, Wendy J
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Purpose The aim was to assess the effects of a Tai Chi–based program on health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in people with elevated blood glucose or diabetes who were not on medication for glucose control.
Method 41 participants were randomly allocated to either a Tai Chi intervention group (N = 20) or a usual medical-care control group (N = 21). The Tai Chi group involved 3 × 1.5 h supervised and group-based training sessions per week for 12 weeks. Indicators of HR-QOL were assessed by self-report survey immediately prior to and after the intervention.
Results There were significant improvements in favor of the Tai Chi group for the SF36 subscales of physical functioning (mean difference = 5.46, 95 % CI = 1.35–9.57, P < 0.05), role physical (mean difference = 18.60, 95 % CI = 2.16–35.05, P < 0.05), bodily pain (mean difference = 9.88, 95 % CI = 2.06–17.69, P < 0.05) and vitality (mean difference = 9.96, 95 % CI = 0.77–19.15, P < 0.05).
Conclusions The findings show that this Tai Chi program improved indicators of HR-QOL including physical functioning, role physical, bodily pain and vitality in people with elevated blood glucose or diabetes who were not on diabetes medication.
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Quality of Life Research
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© 2013 Springer Netherlands. This is an electronic version of an article published in Quality of Life Research, 22(7), 1783-176, 2013. Quality of Life Research is available online at: http://link.springer.com/ with the open URL of your article.
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