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Effects of Qigong on Fatigue & Quality of Life in Elderly Prostate Cancer Survivors
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Qigong and Non-aerobic stretching for Cancer Related Fatigue. Completed, enrolled 60 participants across 2 sites.
Detailed Summary
Aim 1: Assess the feasibility, safety and efficacy of a Qigong intervention in elderly prostate cancer survivors. Describe participation, retention, and adherence rates and assess reasons for participation, attrition, and non-adherence. Identify effective recruitment and retention strategies. Ascertain participants' level of satisfaction and additional perceptions of the experimental and control interventions, perceived study burden, study design, and implementation. Aim 2: Provide preliminary data on potential effects of Qigong vs. non-aerobic stretching exercises on fatigue, psychosocial outcomes, and health-related quality of life in preparation for a future R01 application for a larger, definitive randomized controlled trial. Hypothesis: Qigong participants will have improved fatigue levels, quality of life, and related psychosocial and health outcomes compared to those randomized to the non-aerobic stretching group.
Study Details
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Interventions
Classes will be 60 minutes in duration, held two times a week, supplemented with home-based sessions over 12 weeks. The classes will be led by a trained Qigong instructor and consist of postures, movements, deep breathing techniques and meditation. It will include eccentrically-biased Qigong movements with an emphasis on weight shifting and posture control. The continuous body movements coupled with progressively diminishing base of support, dynamic challenge to balance, and concentration on body positions requiring eccentric muscle activity should improve the levels of fatigue and quality of life in older prostate cancer survivors.
The non-aerobic stretching classes will serve as an attention control. They will be 60 minutes in duration, held two times a week, supplemented with home-based sessions over 12 weeks. They will be led by an Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) fitness specialist and will consist of light stretching exercises; while avoiding a focus on meditation.