Observational Study of Qigong as a Complementary Self-Care Practice at a Tertiary-Care Pain Management Unit

Figure 2

Average pain (a), average mood (b), quality of life (c), sleep quality (d), and fatigue (e) from the RIM2 study start to 36 weeks of practice. The orange line represents ongoing participants (N = 18) and the blue line new participants (N = 14). The x-axis shows the week of practice (# of ongoing, # of new). Lower scores indicate less pain, less depression, lower quality of life, improved sleep quality, and improved fatigue, respectively. Significant differences () from the trial start (week 0) are indicated as a diagonal crossover of the data point. Start values differed significantly (, marked with a horizontal crossover of the data point) for average pain rating (a) and average sleep quality (d), with new participants experiencing worse pain and poorer sleep than the ongoing participants. No other measures differed between groups from RIM2 study start to 36 weeks of practice.

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