ArticleClinical interventions in aging2010
Elderly quality of life impacted by traditional Chinese medicine techniques.
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- Evidence-based interventions for promoting healthy aging: a scoping review.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2026Article
- Self-Perceived Quality of Life (WHOQOL-Bref), and Self-Reported Health, Social and Environmental Factors Related to Its Improvement among Residents of Anil, Rio de Janeiro-Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Utilization patterns and prescription characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine among patients with irritable bowel syndrome in Taiwan.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- The Influence of Message Framing on Elderly Tourists' Purchase Intentions of Health Services: A Case Study of Guangxi Bama.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Traditional Chinese Medical Care and Incidence of Stroke in Elderly Patients Treated with Antidiabetic Medications.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe shift in age structure is having a profound impact, suggesting that the aged should be consulted as reporters on the quality of their own lives.
objectivesThe aim of this research was to establish the possible impact of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) techniques on the quality of life (QOL) of the elderly. SAMPLE: Two non-selected, volunteer groups of Rio de Janeiro municipality inhabitants: a control group (36 individuals), not using TCM, and an experimental group (28 individuals), using TCM at ABACO/Sohaku-in Institute, Brazil.
methodsA questionnaire on elderly QOL devised by the World Health Organization, the WHOQOL-Old, was adopted and descriptive statistical techniques were used: mean and standard deviation. The Shapiro-Wilk test checked the normality of the distribution. Furthermore, based on its normality distribution for the intergroup comparison, the Student t test was applied to facets 2, 4, 5, 6, and total score, and the Mann-Whitney U rank test to facets 1 and 3, both tests aiming to analyze the P value between experimental and control groups. The significance level utilized was 95% (P < 0.05).
resultsThe experimental group reported the highest QOL for every facet and the total score.
conclusionsThe results suggest that TCM raises the level of QOL.
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