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ArticleJournal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)2012

A pilot study exploring the effects of a 12-week t'ai chi intervention on somatic symptoms of depression in patients with heart failure.

Laura S Redwine, Ming Tsuang, Anna Rusiewicz, Ines Pandzic, Stephanie Cammarata, Thomas Rutledge, Suzi Hong, Sarah Linke, Paul J Mills

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · greenAbstract readControlled Clinical Trial
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Article in Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03851029 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Comparison of Aerobic & Tai Chi Exercise on Cardiopulmonary Endurance Levels Among the Smoker University Students

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2018 to 2018Enrolled87ConditionsSmoking, CigaretteArmsTai chi, Aerobic Training
NCT04800432 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

ADAPT+: Optimizing an Intervention to Promote Healthy Behaviors in Rural, Latino Youth With Obesity and Their Parents, Using Mindfulness Strategies

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of South FloridaRan2021 to 2023Enrolled95ConditionsPediatric ObesityArmsADAPT+, EUC
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Systematic review of the multidimensional fatigue symptom inventory-short form.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2015
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  11. Depression in Heart Failure: A Systematic Review.Innovations in clinical neuroscience · 2020
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  15. Tai chi chuan exercise for patients with cardiovascular disease.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Laura S RedwineDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA. lredwine@ucsd.edu
Ming Tsuang
Anna Rusiewicz
Ines Pandzic
Stephanie Cammarata
Thomas Rutledge
Suzi Hong
Sarah Linke
Paul J Mills
University of California, San Diego · USVA New Jersey Health Care System · US

Funding

Tai Chi: Well-Being and Heart FailureR21AT001910 · NCCIH · VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FDN/SAN DIEGO · PI REDWINE, LAURA S · 2005 to 2007
$569k
NCCIH NIH HHS 1 R21 AT001910-01A2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients with chronic heart failure (HF) and with elevated depression symptoms are at greater risk of morbidity and mortality. Somatic symptoms of depression are particularly prevalent in HF and are related to worse disease prognosis. T'ai chi practice is related to increased emotional well-being in various clinical populations; however, relatively little is known about t'ai chi's effects on somatic versus cognitive symptom dimensions of depression in HF. PURPOSE: The objective of the study was to measure whether a t'ai chi intervention effectively reduces somatic and/or cognitive symptoms of depression in patients with HF.

methodsPatients with HF were assigned to either t'ai chi training (n=16) or a usual-care group (n=12). At baseline and after the 12-week intervention period, participants were evaluated for changes in depressive symptoms using Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) total scores (BDI-t) and subcategorized scores of BDI-somatic (BDI-s) and BDI-cognitive (BDI-c), and for symptoms of fatigue using the Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form.

resultsPatients with HF in the t'ai chi group compared to the usual-care group had reduced BDI-s (p≤0.017), but not BDI-c (p=0.50) scores from pre- to postintervention. Although t'ai chi did not significantly reduce fatigue, changes in physical fatigue (p≤0.05) were independently associated with changes in BDI-t scores.

conclusionsT'ai chi practice reduced somatic symptoms of depression, which have been linked to worse prognosis in HF. Reductions in fatigue appear to explain some but not all of the reductions in somatic symptoms of depression.

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ExerciseAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChronic DiseaseDepressionFatigueFemaleHeart FailureHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsTai Ji

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PMCPMC3419850
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