NCT04981197

Effects of Baduanjin Exercise on Heart Failure Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was a parallel, randomized controlled trial with a longitudinal research design. Participants were randomly assigned to either the Baduanjin exercise group or the control group. The Baduanjin exercise group received a 12-week Baduanjin exercise programme. The control group received usual care. Fatigue, sleep quality, psychological distress, quality of life were assessed by a structured questionnaire at baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks after enrollment.

Detailed description

This study was a parallel, randomized controlled trial with a longitudinal research design. Participants were randomly assigned to either the Baduanjin exercise group or the control group. Patients in the intervention group underwent a 12-week Baduanjin exercise programme consisting of 12 weeks of Baduanjin exercise, a 35-min Baduanjin exercise demonstration video, a picture-based educational brochure, and a performance record form. The control group received usual care. Fatigue, sleep quality, psychological distress, quality of life were assessed by a structured questionnaire at baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks after enrollment.

Conditions

• Heart Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Baduanjin exercise	Patients in the intervention group underwent a 12-week Baduanjin exercise programme consisting of 12 weeks of Baduanjin exercise, a 35-min Baduanjin exercise demonstration video, a picture-based educational brochure, and a performance record form.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-12-17
• Primary completion: 2014-11-30
• Completion: 2014-11-30
• First posted: 2021-07-28
• Last updated: 2022-10-13