Clinical trial NCT04904991: Three-month Chan-Chung Qigong Improves Physical Function Performance and Quality of Life
Official title: Three-month Chan-Chung Qigong Program in Improving Physical Functional Performance and Quality of Life in Cognitive Impairment Patients
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cognitive Dysfunction
Cognitive Aging
Grip
Exercise Training
Physical Endurance
Cognitive Decline
Keywords: Cognitive inpairment
Qigong / Exercise
Muscle strength /endurance
Quality of life
Physical activity
Lead sponsor: Tri-Service General Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-05-27
Enrollment: 92
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: 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 purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: 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.

Detailed description: 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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.

Exclusion Criteria:

* The exclusion criteria were as followings: use of hormone drugs, brain trauma, head surgery, vitamin B12 deficiency, decreased memory and judgment due to hypothyroidism or malnutrition with medical contraindications for exercise, and practicing qigong or exercise regularly.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The findings of this study indicate Chan-Chuang qigong improved physical function performance with cognitive impairment.
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: There was no significant between-group difference in the physical and mental components at baseline.
timeFrame: 3 months
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