Three-month Chan-Chung Qigong Improves Physical Function Performance and Quality of Life

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

92 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-08-30

Study Completion Date

2017-12-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study aimed to evaluate the effect of the three-month Chan-Chung qigong program in improving physical functional performance and quality of life in patients with mild to moderate cognitive impairments.A quasi-experimental design was adopted. Subjects were recruited from cognitive impairments outpatients these subjects,41were assigned to the control group and 41 to the experimental group in which Chan-Chuang qigong was administered.

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Detailed Description

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This study randomized controlled trial with four repeated measurements was conducted between Apply 2016 and October 2017. Participants in the Qigong group were given a structured program about Chan-Chung qigong for 3 months; those in the control group received usual care for cognitive impairment during the same study period. The intervention effects were measured by muscular strength, muscular endurance, and 6-min walk distance at baseline, Month 1, Month 2, and Month 3. In addition, QoL was measured at baseline and Month 3.

Conditions

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Cognitive Dysfunction Cognitive Aging Grip Exercise Training Physical Endurance Cognitive Decline

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

This study randomized controlled trial with four repeated measurements was conducted between Apply 2016 and October 2017. Participants in the Qigong group were given a structured program about Chan-Chung qigong for 3 months; those in the control group received usual care for cognitive impairment during the same study period. The intervention effects were measured by muscular strength, muscular endurance, and 6-min walk distance at baseline, Month 1, Month 2, and Month 3. In addition, QoL was measured at baseline and Month 3.

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Qigong group

Participants in the Qigong group were given a structured program about Chan-Chung qigong for 3 months which was a modified form of the manual of Chan-Chuang qigong (Yeh et al., 2006), to tailor to patients with cognitive impairment. The Chan-Chuang qigong program included warmup prior to qigong practice, preparation for qigong practice . The movements should be repeated and maintained for 10 minutes per time, 3 time a day .

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Chan-Chuang qigong

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

This study applied the Chan-Chuang qigong program, which was a modified form of the manual of Chan-Chuang qigong (Yeh et al., 2006), to tailor to patients with cognitive impairment. The Chan-Chuang qigong program included warmup prior to qigong practice, preparation for qigong practice, core qigong of four moves, and cool down after qigong practice.

The movements should be repeated and maintained for 10 minutes per time, 3 time a day (Yeh et al., 2006), totally 90 minutes per week, for 3 months. The guideline booklet of Chan-Chuang qigong (Chen et al., 2019; Chuang, Yeh, \& Chung, 2017) was modified and provided to the participants, which had major sections of introduction to qigong, preparation and precautions, practical procedures with description and photos, normal physical reactions from practicing core Chan-Chuang qigong, precautions of daily life, a confirmation sheet, and a checklist of qigong performance.

Control group

those in the control group received usual care for cognitive impairment during the same study period.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Chan-Chuang qigong

This study applied the Chan-Chuang qigong program, which was a modified form of the manual of Chan-Chuang qigong (Yeh et al., 2006), to tailor to patients with cognitive impairment. The Chan-Chuang qigong program included warmup prior to qigong practice, preparation for qigong practice, core qigong of four moves, and cool down after qigong practice.

The movements should be repeated and maintained for 10 minutes per time, 3 time a day (Yeh et al., 2006), totally 90 minutes per week, for 3 months. The guideline booklet of Chan-Chuang qigong (Chen et al., 2019; Chuang, Yeh, \& Chung, 2017) was modified and provided to the participants, which had major sections of introduction to qigong, preparation and precautions, practical procedures with description and photos, normal physical reactions from practicing core Chan-Chuang qigong, precautions of daily life, a confirmation sheet, and a checklist of qigong performance.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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qigong group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participants invited in this study were aged more than 60 years, diagnosed with the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) ≦1, able to communicate, free to stand and walk, and willing to participate this study.

Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes