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To explore the effect of a family-centered, eight-week, progressive sit-to-stand Tai Chi exercise on lung function and mental health in patients after thoracoscopic surgery_


Clinical Trial Description

Lung cancer is the top death among cancers in Taiwan. The surgical excision of lung tissue is unable to regenerate new tissue after thoracoscopic lobectomy, resulting in decreased lung function and affecting health-related quality of life. 29% of female patients who received thoracic surgery tended to be anxious and depressed, and more than 60% of the family caregivers experienced mild to moderate caregiving burden and anxiety. Tai Chi exercise is a gentle exercise that can effectively enhance lung function. However, there is a lack of literature on the effects of Tai Chi exercise on lung function and mental health after thoracoscopic surgery.Methods: Exploratory sequential mixed methods study design will be used. The first phase will be a quasi-experimental study that will use purposive sampling to recruit thoracoscopic surgical patients and their family caregivers. It is estimated to enroll 60 pairs of patients and their family caregivers. The participants will be divided into experimental and control groups according to the sequential time of admission. The experimental group will receive Tai Chi exercise and routine treatment after the operation, and after discharge from the hospital, they will perform Tai Chi exercise three times a week, 50 minutes each time, for a total of eight weeks after discharge; the control group will receive conventional treatment. Repeated measures analysis of variance (repeated ANOVA) will be used for comparison between the experimental group and the control group and within the group; for other confounding factors, generalized estimating equations (GEE) will be used for analysis. In the second stage, after eight weeks of Tai Chi exercise, semi-structured interviews with about 10 patients and their caregivers will be conducted to collect their experiences and feelings related to the Tai Chi exercise. Qualitative data will be used to comprehend the quantitative data. ;


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NCT number NCT06104774
Study type Interventional
Source China Medical University Hospital
Contact Hsin-Yuan Fang, Ph.D
Phone 04-22052121
Email fanghy@cmuh.org.tw
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date October 20, 2023
Completion date July 31, 2025

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