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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 2.
Published in final edited form as: Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2022 Jul 14;34(11):e14429. doi: 10.1111/nmo.14429

TABLE 2.

Feasibility and acceptability benchmarks

Outcome Tai Chi intervention group
Feasibility of recruitment 31/38 (82%) screened and eligible participants agreed to participate (excellent)
Feasibility of study completion 20/27 (74%) participants successfully completed the entire study (moderate)
Participant satisfaction 19/20 participants (95%) rating 4s/5s (excellent) on treatment satisfaction and 19/20 (95%) participants rating 4s/5s out of 5 (scale 1-5) on likelihood of continuing Tai Chi (excellent)
Acceptability of treatment 18/27 participants (67%) attended ≥7 out of 8 Tai Chi lessons (moderate)
Adherence to daily diary 15/27 participants (56%) completed ≥80% of the daily diaries (moderate)
Adherence to Tai Chi practice 11/20 participants (55%) practiced Tai Chi ≥80% of days during the treatment period (moderate)
Instructor assessment of Tai Chi mastery 14/20 participants (70%) were rated as 4s/5s out of 5 (scale 0-5) (good)
Instructor assessment of Tai Chi enthusiasm 19/20 participants (95%) achieved an enthusiasm level of 4s/5s out of 5 (scale 0-5)(excellent)
Treatment-related adverse events 1/20 participants (5.0%) had an adverse event (good)