Research Article
The Treatment of Depressed Chinese Americans Using Qigong in a Health Care Setting: A Pilot Study
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of study participants (
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| | Characteristics | % () | Mean | (SD) |
| | Age (years) | | 53 | (14) | | Gender (female) | 64 (9) | | | | Marital status (married) | 71 (10) | | | | Education (years) | | 10.4 | (1) | | Employment status (employed) | 57 (8) | | | | Currently receiving antidepressants | 14 (2) | | | | Beliefs on usefulness of Qigong on depression | | | | | Not helpful | 0 (0) | | | | May be helpful | 64 (9) | | | | Yes | 29 (4) | | | | Definitely helpful | 7 (1) | | | | HAM-D17 (baseline) | | 21.4 | (3) | | CGI-S (baseline) | | 4.4 | (.5) | | Q-LES-Q score | | .4 | (.1) | | MSPSS-SO (significant other) | | 16 | (6) | | MSPSS-FA (family) | | 19 | (5) | | MSPSS-FR (friends) | | 15 | (5) |
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