From Body to Mind and Spirit: Qigong Exercise for Bereaved Persons with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-Like Illness
Joint Authors
Chan, Cecilia Lai Wan
Chan, Jessie S. M.
Li, Jie
Chow, Amy Y. M.
Yuen, Lai Ping
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Bereavement may bring negative impacts on the mind, body, and spiritual well-being of grieving persons.
Some bereaved persons with chronic fatigue syndrome- (CFS-) illness experience a dual burden of distress.
This study investigated the effects of bereavement on CFS-like illness by comparing bereaved and nonbereaved participants.
It also adopted a random group design to investigate the effectiveness of Qigong on improving the well-being of bereaved participants.
The Qigong intervention comprised 10 group sessions delivered twice a week for 5 weeks and home-practice for at least three times a week lasting 15–30 minutes each.
The participants’ fatigue, anxiety, and depression, quality of life (QoL), and spiritual well-being were measured at baseline and 3 months after treatment.
The bereaved participants experienced significantly greater mental fatigue (16.09 versus 14.44, p = 0.017 ) and lower physical QoL (34.02 versus 37.17, p = 0.011 ) than their nonbereaved counterparts.
After 3 months, the mental fatigue (−8 versus −4, p = 0.010 ) and physical fatigue (−10 versus −5, p = 0.007 ) experienced by intervention group had declined significantly, and improvements on their spirituality (14 versus −2, p = 0.013 ) and psychological QoL (8.91 versus 0.69, p = 0.002 ) scores exceeded those of the control group.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Li, Jie& Chan, Jessie S. M.& Chow, Amy Y. M.& Yuen, Lai Ping& Chan, Cecilia Lai Wan. 2015. From Body to Mind and Spirit: Qigong Exercise for Bereaved Persons with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-Like Illness. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063406
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Li, Jie…[et al.]. From Body to Mind and Spirit: Qigong Exercise for Bereaved Persons with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-Like Illness. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063406
American Medical Association (AMA)
Li, Jie& Chan, Jessie S. M.& Chow, Amy Y. M.& Yuen, Lai Ping& Chan, Cecilia Lai Wan. From Body to Mind and Spirit: Qigong Exercise for Bereaved Persons with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-Like Illness. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063406
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1063406