Effect of traditional Chinese exercise on the quality of life and depression for chronic diseases: a meta-analysis of randomised trials.

ABSTRACT: Traditional Chinese exercise (TCE) has many uses in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. However, there is no consensus regarding the benefit of TCE for chronic diseases. Our objective is to examine the effect of TCE on the quality of life and depression for chronic diseases by performing a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). We only cover published RCTs. The outcome measures included quality of life and depression. Sixty articles with a total of 4311 patients were included. The pooling revealed that TCE could improve the SF-36 physical function subscale in the short term [SMD (95% CI) = 0.35 (0.13, 0.56), P = 0.002] and mid-term [SMD (95% CI) = 0.49 (0.12, 0.85), P = 0.009], GHQ [SMD (95% CI) = -0.68 (-1.26, -0.09), P = 0.02], the Center for Epidemiologic St

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4630632 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature