title: 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 Studies depression scale in the short term [SMD (95% CI) = -0.86 (-1.42, -0.31), P = 0.002] and mid-term [SMD (95% CI) = -0.41 (-0.64, -0.18), P < 0.001]. The meta-analysis of RCT demonstrates that TCE can significantly improve the quality of life and depression of patients with chronic diseases. These findings provide useful information for patients with chronic diseases as well as for medical staff.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.|Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Shanghai Shangti Orthopaedic Hospital, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Xueqiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Shanghai Punan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yanling
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pi
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Binglin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Peijie
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Ru
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation therapy center, Hainan Province Nongken General Hospital, Haikou, 15 China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Second School of Clinical Medical, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Yujie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Zhanbin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Niu
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D003863:Depression / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D015444:Exercise; D026241:Exercise Movement Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D011788:Quality of Life; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy