From Body to Mind and Spirit: Qigong Exercise for Bereaved Persons with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-Like Illness

Table 3

Comparison of bereaved participants with CFS-like illness in Qigong group and control group ().

	Qigong group ()	Control group ()
	Median (range)	Median (range)
CF total score
Before (T0)	41.5 (28–53)	40 (31–53)	0.956
After (T1)	21 (8–34)	37 (11–50)	0.003
T1–T0	−17 (−35–−6)	−9 (−22–8)	0.007
CF: physical score
Before (T0)	24 (15–32)	24.5 (19–32)	0.791
After (T1)	16 (4–22)	21 (9–32)	0.002
T1–T0	−10 (−23–0)	−5 (−14–6)	0.007
CF: mental score
Before (T0)	17 (12–21)	16 (7–22)	0.903
After (T1)	6 (2–17)	13 (2–21)	0.011
T1–T0	−8 (−16–0)	−4 (−9–5)	0.010
HADS
Anxiety
Before (T0)	11 (8–14)	11 (6–16)	0.929
After (T1)	8 (2–12)	9 (2–18)	0.259
T1–T0	−3 (−10–1)	−2 (−12–11)	0.376
Depression
Before (T0)	8 (5–12)	10 (5–15)	0.051
After (T1)	7 (3–12)	11 (2–17)	0.016
T1–T0	−1 (−5–4)	0 (−7–8)	0.072
Spirituality
Total score
Before (T0)	63 (8–116)	78.5 (16–118)	0.169
After (T1)	72 (61–116)	68 (29–118)	0.183
T1–T0	14 (−37–62)	−2 (−37–36)	0.013
SF-12
SF-PCS
Before (T0)	34.83 (25.55–45.01)	31.60 (21.47–46.57)	0.141
After (T1)	40.00 (22.79–53.15)	35.82 (24.84–49.70)	0.511
T1–T0	2.66 (−12.67–17.97)	3.79 (−1.76–22.19)	0.451
SF-MCS
Before (T0)	31.49 (12.20–49.65)	35.63 (11.09–49.14)	0.582
After (T1)	45.54 (28.88–57.16)	36.59 (16.43–54.25)	0.002
T1–T0	8.91 (−2.14–30.94)	0.69 (−23.07–16.34)	0.002

CF: Chalder Fatigue; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; PCS: physical-component summary; MCS: mental-component summary; Mann-Whitney test.