ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021
TaiChi and Qigong for Depressive Symptoms in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.
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- Comparative efficacy of different mind-body exercises on functional capacity and quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of mind-body exercise in chronic cardiopulmonary dyspnoea patients-a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of mind-body exercise on anxiety and depression in older adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of mind-body therapies on depression among adolescents: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Tai Chi on depression of middle-aged and older adults: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Pooled it
- Immune Biomarkers in Fibromyalgia After a Qigong Programme: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Mind the Motion: Feasibility and Effects of a Qigong Intervention on Interoception and Well-Being in Young Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Differences in brain connectivity between older adults practicing Tai Chi and Water Aerobics: a case-control study.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2024Article
- Effect of Traditional Chinese Exercises on Patients with Chronic Heart Failure (TCE-HF): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Mental Health Benefits of a Traditional Vegetative Biofeedback Therapy Online Program during the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundDepression is a debilitating comorbidity of heart failure (HF) that needs assessment and management. Along with mind-body exercise to deal with HF with depression, the use of TaiChi and/or Qigong practices (TQPs) has increased. Therefore, this systematic review assesses the effects of TQPs on depression among patients with HF.
methodsRandomized controlled trials (RCTs) that examined the effect of TQPs on depression in patients with HF were searched by five databases (PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), EMBASE, CINAHL, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)). With standardized mean difference (SMD) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI), random-effects meta-analyses of the effect of TQPs on depressive symptoms were performed.
resultsOf eight included RCTs, seven (481 patients) provided data for the meta-analysis. The pooling revealed that TQPs contribute to depression remission in HF (SMD -0.66; 95% CI -0.98 to -0.33,
conclusionThis study suggests that TQPs might be a good strategy for alleviating depressive symptoms in patients with HF. And rigorous-design RCTs, which focus on the identified research gaps, are needed to further establish the therapeutic effects of TQPs for depression in HF.
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