title: The effect of Tai Chi on health-related quality of life in people with elevated blood glucose or diabetes: a randomized controlled trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim was to assess the effects of a Tai Chi-based program on health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in people with elevated blood glucose or diabetes who were not on medication for glucose control.
  
  
  METHODS
  41 participants were randomly allocated to either a Tai Chi intervention group (N = 20) or a usual medical-care control group (N = 21). The Tai Chi group involved 3 × 1.5 h supervised and group-based training sessions per week for 12 weeks. Indicators of HR-QOL were assessed by self-report survey immediately prior to and after the intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were significant improvements in favor of the Tai Chi group for the SF36 subscales of physical functioning (mean difference = 5.46, 95% CI = 1.35-9.57, P < 0.05), role physical (mean difference = 18.60, 95% CI = 2.16-35.05, P < 0.05), bodily pain (mean difference = 9.88, 95% CI = 2.06-17.69, P < 0.05) and vitality (mean difference = 9.96, 95% CI = 0.77-19.15, P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings show that this Tai Chi program improved indicators of HR-QOL including physical functioning, role physical, bodily pain and vitality in people with elevated blood glucose or diabetes who were not on diabetes medication.
authors.affiliation: School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4076, Australia. xin.liu@uqconnect.edu.au
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yvette D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Nicola W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Burton
authors.forename: Jiun-Horng
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Wendy J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D026302:Tai Ji; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose