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| Title: | EFFECTS OF QIGONG IN TAI CHI IN THE ELDERLY USING GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE (GHQ) |
| Authors: | Wang, Wenchao
Sawada, Masayuki
Noriyama, Yoshinobu
Arita, Keisuke
Ota, Toyosaku
Kishimoto, Toshifumi |
| Keywords: | Qigong
Tai Chi
General Health Questionnaire
elder; depression
quality of life |
| Issue Date: | 31-Dec-2009 |
| Publisher: | 奈良医学会 |
| Citation: | Journal of Nara Medical Association Vol.60 No.5-6 p.159-165 |
| Abstract: | Objectives : Previous studies have shown health benefits of Tai Chi, including
Qigong exercises. This study investigated the effects of Qigong in Tai Chi with elderly
volunteers using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ).
Methods : Eighty-five participants were voluntarily recruited by posters; the present study
enrolled 49 healthy participants and randomized them to either the Tai Chi with Qigong
group (N=25) or the Tai Chi without Qigong group (N=24). We administered 24-style Tai
Chi once a week over 3 months to the participants. We measured GHQ scores of the
participants both at the baseline and at the end of the study.
Results : In the Tai Chi with Qigong group, GHQ total score, somatic symptoms score,
anxiety/insomnia score, and severe depression score at the end of the study were
significantly lower than those at the baseline. In the Tai Chi without Qigong group, GHQ
total scores and anxiety/insomnia scores at the end of the study were significantly lower
than those at the baseline. Mean change scores from baseline to endpoint in GHQ total
scores, and severe depression scores in the Tai Chi with Qigong group were significantly
greater than those in the Tai Chi without Qigong group. In the time courses of GHQ total
score and severe depression score, significant effects of interaction between group and
time were found.
Conclusion : The present study suggested that Qigong of Tai Chi exhibit significant bene-
fits for depressive symptoms in the elderly. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10564/1099 |
| ISSN: | 13450069 |
| Appears in Collections: | Vol.60 No.5-6
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