Observational Study of Qigong as a Complementary Self-Care Practice at a Tertiary-Care Pain Management Unit
Table 2
Demographics for participants in two observational intervals as outlined in Table 1.
RIM1 (N = 29)1
RIM2 (N = 29)1
Ongoing (N = 28)1
New (N = 15)1
Controls (N = 46)2
Gender F:M: not stated
18 : 11 : 0
22 : 6 : 1
13 : 15 : 0
0 : 14 : 1
37 : 9 : 0
Age, years (SD)
53.9 (10.7)
57.8 (12.1)
55.4 (10.6)
52.9 (14.6)
52.3 (12.3)
Duration of pain, years (SD)
15.0 (12.2)
14.8 (13.1)
14.8 (13.1)
12.3 (10.9)
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Qigong experience
None
4
11
0
15
—
6 weeks level 1 CFQ
3
1
3
0
>6 weeks level 1 CFQ
8
5
9
0
Levels 1 and 2 CFQ
13
12
15
15
Unspecified
1
0
1
1
Pain diagnosis
Back pain
83%
48%
75%
73%
—
Fibromyalgia
48%
45%
50%
33%
Headache
38%
31%
39%
20%
Neuropathic pain
34%
31%
32%
40%
Orofacial pain
24%
17%
21%
20%
Osteoarthritis
21%
41%
21%
47%
Cervical spine
17%
14%
18%
7%
Rheumatoid arthritis
3%
10%
4%
0%
Other
69%
72%
71%
67%
CFQ, Chaoyi Fanhuan Qigong; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; F, female; M, male; N, number; NSAIDs, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. 1Total number of participants N = 43 (see Table 1 for disposition between RIM1 and RIM2). 2Controls were those with chronic pain attending the pain management unit but not undertaking qigong practice; only gender, age, and HLC information was collected (July-Aug of 2016).
