TY - JOUR
T1 - Tai Chi and health-related quality of life in nursing home residents
AU - Lee, Linda Y.K.
AU - Lee, Diana T.F.
AU - Woo, Jean
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - Purpose: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) that is good is regarded as the goal of elderly residential care. However, limited evidence exists indicating a promising intervention that can achieve this goal. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Tai Chi on HRQOL in nursing home residents. Design: A nonequivalent pretest-posttest control-group design. Methods: A convenience sample of 139 residents from six nursing homes in Hong Kong was used. The experimental group (n=66) joined a 26-week Tai Chi program, while the control group (n=73) continued with usual daily activities. The physical and mental components of HRQOL were designated as the dependent variables. Resident satisfaction was considered as a covariate. Doubly multivariate repeated measures analysis of covariance was done to examine the intervention effect. Findings: After adjusting for the confounding effect of resident satisfaction, a statistically significant difference (p<0.05) in the physical and mental components of HRQOL between the experimental and control groups was found. Findings showed significant improvement in HRQOL after residents practiced Tai Chi. Conclusions: These investigators contribute additional knowledge about the health benefits of Tai Chi among nursing home residents and indicates support for its use in this population to improve HRQOL. Clinical Relevance: Tai Chi has unique characteristics as a health exercise that is particularly suitable for nursing home residents. The inclusion of Tai Chi exercise in elderly residential care practice is recommended.
AB - Purpose: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) that is good is regarded as the goal of elderly residential care. However, limited evidence exists indicating a promising intervention that can achieve this goal. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Tai Chi on HRQOL in nursing home residents. Design: A nonequivalent pretest-posttest control-group design. Methods: A convenience sample of 139 residents from six nursing homes in Hong Kong was used. The experimental group (n=66) joined a 26-week Tai Chi program, while the control group (n=73) continued with usual daily activities. The physical and mental components of HRQOL were designated as the dependent variables. Resident satisfaction was considered as a covariate. Doubly multivariate repeated measures analysis of covariance was done to examine the intervention effect. Findings: After adjusting for the confounding effect of resident satisfaction, a statistically significant difference (p<0.05) in the physical and mental components of HRQOL between the experimental and control groups was found. Findings showed significant improvement in HRQOL after residents practiced Tai Chi. Conclusions: These investigators contribute additional knowledge about the health benefits of Tai Chi among nursing home residents and indicates support for its use in this population to improve HRQOL. Clinical Relevance: Tai Chi has unique characteristics as a health exercise that is particularly suitable for nursing home residents. The inclusion of Tai Chi exercise in elderly residential care practice is recommended.
KW - Chinese
KW - Health-related quality of life
KW - Nursing home
KW - Tai Chi
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=62749180886&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2009.01249.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2009.01249.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 19335676
AN - SCOPUS:62749180886
SN - 1527-6546
VL - 41
SP - 35
EP - 43
JO - Journal of Nursing Scholarship
JF - Journal of Nursing Scholarship
IS - 1
ER -