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Trial reportMedicine2022

Qigong for mental health and sleep quality in postmenopausal women: A randomized controlled trial.

María Del Carmen Carcelén-Fraile, Agustín Aibar-Almazán, Antonio Martínez-Amat, José Daniel Jiménez-García, Vânia Brandão-Loureiro, Patricia Alexandra García-Garro, Raquel Fábrega-Cuadros, Yulieth Rivas-Campo, Fidel Hita-Contreras

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 16 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

María Del Carmen Carcelén-FraileDepartment of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain.
Agustín Aibar-AlmazánDepartment of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain.
Antonio Martínez-AmatDepartment of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain.
José Daniel Jiménez-GarcíaDepartment of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain.
Vânia Brandão-LoureiroEscola Superior de Educação, Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Beja, Portugal.
Patricia Alexandra García-GarroGIP Pedagogy Research Group, Faculty of Distance and Virtual Education. Antonio José Camacho University Institution, Santiago DE Cali, Colombia.
Raquel Fábrega-CuadrosDepartment of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain.
Yulieth Rivas-CampoSenior Management Research Group, Humanity-is and Educating-itself (GIADHE), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of San Buenaventura Sectional Cali, Colombia.
Fidel Hita-ContrerasDepartment of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain.
Universidad de Jaén · ESInstitución Universitaria Antonio José Camacho · COInstituto Politécnico de Beja · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMenopause is one of the stages in a woman's life that affects her psychological health, the most frequent being anxiety and depression. In addition, another problem related to this stage is the lack of sleep that causes a decrease in the quality of sleep. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to analyze the effectiveness of a Qigong exercise program on sleep quality, anxiety, and depression in Spanish postmenopausal women.

methodsA total of 125 women were randomly assigned to an experimental group (EG) (n = 63) that carried out a Qigong exercise program for 12 weeks, or a control group (CG) (n = 62), which did not perform any type of intervention. Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and anxiety and depression using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).

resultsWomen who underwent an intervention program experienced significant improvements for all measured variables, except for the use of sleeping medication and daytime dysfunctions that did not show any significant effect with respect to the group and group × time interaction.

conclusionsAfter an intervention based on a BaDuanJin Qigong exercise program for 12 weeks, improvements were observed in sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, the total score of the PSQI, anxiety and depression in postmenopausal Spanish women.

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QigongAnxietyFemaleHumansMental HealthPostmenopauseQuality of LifeSleepSleep Quality

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PMID36181076
PMCPMC9524897
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