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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Qigong-Based Therapy for Treating Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Lijuan Guo, Zhaowei Kong, Yanjie Zhang

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. EPA guidance on lifestyle interventions for adults with severe mental illness: A meta-review of the evidence.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2024
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  8. Effectiveness of Liu-zi-jue exercise on coronavirus disease 2019 in the patients: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2022
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  11. Yoga and Qigong for Health: Two Sides of the Same Coin?Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  13. The Effects of Qigong for Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Lijuan GuoCollege of Physical Education, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041000, China. 20141254@sxnu.edu.cn.
Zhaowei KongFaculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau, China. zwkong@umac.mo.ORCID 0000-0002-9999-1312
Yanjie ZhangHealth and Exercise Science Laboratory, Institute of Sports Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. elite_zhangyj@163.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7964-2326
Seoul National University · KRShanxi Normal University · CNUniversity of Macau · MO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This current meta-analysis review was conducted to examine the effectiveness of Qigong-based therapy on individuals with major depressive disorder. Six electronic databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Wangfang) were employed to retrieve potential articles that were randomized controlled trials. The synthesized effect sizes (Hedges' g) were computerized to explore the effectiveness of Qigong-based therapy. Additionally, a moderator analysis was performed based on the control type. The pooled results indicated that Qigong-based therapy has a significant benefit on depression severity (Hedges' g = -0.64, 95% CI -0.92 to -0.35,

Indexed as

HumansMajor Depressive DisorderQigongRandomized Controlled Trials as Topicemotion dysfunctionmental disordermind–body exerciseQigongTai Chi

Identifiers

PMID30866431
PMCPMC6427394
OpenAlexW2919397691

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Registered trials

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