Medical qigong versus usual care 10 weeks, 90′ sessions 2x/week Home practice 30′ daily
RCT
162 Only 34% were breast cancer survivors
QOL (FACT-G) Fatigue (FACT-Fatigue) Mood (POMS) Inflammation (CRP)
Improvements in all domains of QOL
* Improvement in fatigue* Improvement in overall mood and all subscales of mood, except for anger-hostility and confusion subscale Improvement in CRP level*
Symptom distress (SDS) Psychological distress (SCL-90-R) (on days 0, 8, 15, and 22 days of chemotherapy)
Improved overall symptom score at day 22
* Less numbness and heartburn on day 8, less pain and numbness on day 15, less pain, numbness, heartburn, and dizziness on day 22* No difference in overall psychological score Less hopelessness about the future on day 8, less unwillingness to live on day 22*
BSI: Brief Symptom Inventory; CRP: C-Reactive Protein; CBC: Complete Blood Count; FACT-B: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapies-Breast; FACT-F: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapies-Fatigue; POMSs: Profile of Mood States; MDASI: MD Anderson Symptom Inventory; SCL-90-R: Symptom Checklist-Revised; SDS: Symptom Distress Scale; bold text with*: statistically significant ().