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Trial reportJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2021

Assessing the effect of a mind-body exercise, qigong Baduanjin, on sleep disturbance among women experiencing intimate partner violence and possible mediating factors: a randomized-controlled trial.

Denise Shuk Ting Cheung, Pui Hing Chau, Wing-Fai Yeung, Wen Deng, Athena Wai Lin Hong, Agnes F Y Tiwari

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Trial report in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02060123 (A Randomized, Wait-list Controlled Trial of a Qigong Intervention Program on Telomerase Activity and Psychological Stress in Abused Chinese Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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A Randomized, Wait-list Controlled Trial of a Qigong Intervention Program on Telomerase Activity and Psychological Stress in Abused Chinese Women

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe University of Hong KongRan2014 to 2016Enrolled271ConditionsAbused WomenArmsQigong training, Wait-list control- Health talks
3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Denise Shuk Ting CheungSchool of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Pui Hing ChauSchool of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Wing-Fai YeungSchool of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Wen DengSchool of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Athena Wai Lin HongSchool of Health Sciences, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong, China.
Agnes F Y TiwariSchool of Nursing, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
University of Hong Kong · HKHong Kong Polytechnic University · HKHong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital · HKIn-Q-Tel · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

objectivesTo evaluate the effects of a mind-body exercise, qigong Baduanjin, on sleep disturbances in women experiencing intimate partner violence and explore the mediating role of depressive symptoms, perceived stress, and inflammation in producing the effects.

methodsA subgroup of a parent randomized controlled trial was randomized for a 22-week Baduanjin intervention (n = 94) or wait-list control (n = 92). Questionnaires, including the General Sleep Disturbance Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory version II, were administered at baseline, posttraining (6 weeks), and postintervention (22 weeks), and blood samples were collected to assess tumor necrosis factor and interleukin 6 levels at baseline and postintervention only.

resultsOf the 186 participants, 170 completed the study. Results indicate that the total sleep disturbance scores for the intervention group were significantly lower than those for the wait-list control group at week 6 (difference = -7.96; 95% confidence interval [CI], -13.63 to -2.30; P = .006) and week 22 (difference = -7.17; 95% CI, -12.58 to -1.76; P = .01). Mediation analysis showed a statistically significant indirect effect of the intervention on sleep improvement through reducing depressive symptoms (β = 2.58, 95% CI, 0.69 to 5.09), while the mediating effects of perceived stress and inflammation were not significant.

conclusionsQigong Baduanjin can be recommended for women who experience intimate partner violence and report sleep disturbances. More research is needed to understand the clinical significance of the observed sleep improvements. CLINICAL

trial registrationRegistry: ClinicalTrials.gov; Name: Qigong Intervention Program for Abused Chinese Women; URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02060123; Identifier: NCT02060123.

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Intimate Partner ViolenceQigongSleep Wake DisordersFemaleHumansMediation AnalysisSleepBaduanjincomplementary and alternative medicineintimate partner violencemind-bodynon-pharmacological interventionqigongrandomized control trialsleep

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PMID33551021
PMCPMC8320488
OpenAlexW3126177191

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