Effect of Tai Chi on Symptoms in Hemodialysis Patients

Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Quality of Life; Chinese Medicine; Dialysis; Complications

Treatments: Other: no-intervention; Behavioral: Tai Chi imagery; Behavioral: Tai chi

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06412770

chengduTCM20240314

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effect of Tai Chi on symptoms in hemodialysis patients.The main question[s] it aims to answer are: the effect of Tai Chi on symptoms or the quality of life in hemodialysis patients .Participants will be divided into three groups, one group will be asked to do Tai Chi for 30 minutes three times a week, and the other group will be asked to do Tai Chi imagery for 30 minutes three times a week. The comparison group will be given usual care. Researchers will compare the efficacy of symptoms and quality of life in dialysis patients in each group.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age≥ 18;
• Dialysis age≥ 3 months;
• Survival≥ 12 months;
• The patient has the ability to move independently, can learn independently, and has no reading and comprehension disabilities;
• Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to move autonomously;
• Have a mental disorder;
• Other serious complications occur

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

80 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Tai Chi intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Tai Chi intervention group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tai chi

Tai Chi Imagery Intervention Group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Tai Chi Imagery Intervention Group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tai Chi imagery

Control group

Other group

Description:

no intervention

Treatment:

Other: no-intervention