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Meta-Analysis
. 2024 Nov-Dec:60:241-248.
doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2024.09.002. Epub 2024 Sep 20.

The effect of Baduanjin on the insomnia of older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Qingfang Liang  1 , Liping Yang  1 , Zhifei Wen  1 , Xiaoli Liang  2 , Hongyan Wang  2 , Hong Zhang  1 , Jing Tian  1 , Bassema Abufarsakh  3 , Chizimuzo T C Okoli  3 , Xiangeng Zhang  4
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The effect of Baduanjin on the insomnia of older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Qingfang Liang et al. Geriatr Nurs. 2024 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Objective: Baduanjin is a traditional Chinese regimen involving flowing movements, breath control, and strengthening to benefit health and well-being. We investigated the effectiveness of Baduanjin for older adults with insomnia.

Methods: We assessed eight databases for methodological quality according to the Cochrane Handbook for Evaluation of Interventions, and analyzed by Stata 16.0 software.

Results: Participants (N = 789) of ten studies were included. The meta-analysis showed that Baduanjin was effective for older adults with insomnia as measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)[WMD =-2.20, 95 %CI (-2.87, -1.74), P = 0.000], and 12 weeks or more of treatment effect was superior to <12 weeks. Moreover, there were significant differences in all dimensions of the PSQI between experimental and control groups.

Conclusions: Baduanjin is a complementary therapy option for older adults with insomnia. However, high-quality research is still needed to investigate the optimal exercise intensity, duration and frequency for older adults with insomnia.

Keywords: Baduanjin; Insomnia; Older adults.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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