Key result
Tai chi exercise fostered global empowerment, perceived control, mindfulness, and stress resiliency in heart failure patients, extending beyond the self-efficacy seen in the education control group.
Why the study?
Does a 12-week tai chi program improve perceived physical and psychosocial effects in patients with chronic systolic heart failure compared to an education control?
RCT (n=32)
Open-label
Permuted block randomization with variable block size
Yes
Does a 12-week tai chi program improve perceived physical and psychosocial effects in patients with chronic systolic heart failure compared to an education control?
A 12-week tai chi program in patients with heart failure provides unique psychosocial benefits including empowerment, perceived control, and stress management compared to education alone.
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Tai chi confers unique empowerment, control, and stress-reduction benefits in HF; extends RCT evidence for mind-body interventions beyond quantitative endpoints.
Yeh et al. (2016) conducted an RCT in Chronic heart failure (n=32). Tai chi exercise vs. Heart health education program was evaluated on Perceived physical and psychosocial effects and overall patient experience (qualitative emergent themes). Tai chi exercise fostered global empowerment, perceived control, mindfulness, and stress resiliency in heart failure patients, extending beyond the self-efficacy seen in the education control group.
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