Affiliations 

  • 1 School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2 Baiyan Fashion Qigong Association, Taiwan
  • 3 School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Medicine (Baltimore), 2024 May 17;103(20):e38121.
PMID: 38758883 DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000038121

Abstract

BACKGROUND: To determine the potential influence of a home-based virtual group exercise on people's long-term overall health consequences in global Asian population.

METHODS: We recruited 1021 participants from more than 7 regions across the globe including Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, United States, Canada, Europe, and other regions. All the participants attended the virtual group Qigong exercise 60-minute bi-weekly with instructors for 6 months from June 2022 to December 2022. The physical, mental, and social well-being and other variables were measured via online questionnaires.

RESULTS: The majority were 51 to 65 (50.6%) years old, female (90.2%), married (68.5%), and came from Taiwan (48.9%). Older adults had higher scores on measures of overall health and exercise adherence, and lower scores on measures of sleep quality and depressive symptoms compared with younger counterparts (P 

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