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. 2018 Aug 15;2018:1701372. doi: 10.1155/2018/1701372

Table 2.

Studies with positive results.

Reference study design Tai Chi group control group P value
baseline after intervention baseline after intervention
Catherine A. Hartman, et al [23] RCT self-efficacy for arthritis symptoms 70.6 (13.5) 81.6 (9.5) 79.0 (12.1) 80.3 (11.4) P=0.012 M (SD) between groups
total arthritis self-efficacy 220.0 (39.3) 242.5 (28.5) 231.5 (27.6) 231.4 (32.5) P=0.043
Gloria Y Yeh, et al [17] RCT exercise self-efficacy 3.6 (2.7,3.8) 3.7 (3.5,4.1) 3.7 (3.1,4.3) 3.4 (3.0,4.0) P<0.001 Median (Q1,Q3) between groups
Chen-Yuan Hsu, et al [42] RCT exercise self-efficacy 33.26 (32.13) 35.66 (36.83) 27.16 (29.06) 15.30 (26.43) P=0.01 M (SD) between groups
Fuzhong Li, et al [44] RCT fall self-efficacy 7.59 (1.09) 8.65 (1.20) 7.65 (1.21) 7.82 (1.20) P<0.001 M (SD) between groups
Fuzhong Li, et al [19] RCT barrier efficacy 38.575 (10.713) 42.888 (7.107) 39.531 (8.744) 31.844 (12.295) P<0.05 M (SD) between groups
performance efficacy 23.225 (6.867) 26.825 (4.574) 23.000 (6.849) 21.344 (8.560) P<0.05
Wei Sun, [40] RCT general self- efficacy 30.1433 32.3561 32.0767 32.1032 P<0.01 M between groups
Bo Li, et al [35] RCT fall self-efficacy 4.81 (1.39) 7.73 (1.36) 4.74 (1.25) 5.64 (1.32) P<0.001 M (SD) between groups
Lorna Ng, et al [16] RCT CSES 0.638 (0.152) 0.685 (0.137) 0.684 (0.165) 0.733 (0.143) P<0.001 M (SD) within groups
SEMSOB 6.53 (1.98) 7.03 (1.75) 6.86 (2.34) 7.13 (1.98) P<0.001
Karen Caldwell, et al [18] NRS general self- efficacy 57.6 63.2 / / P=0.0005 M within groups
Yong Tai Wang, et al [43] NRS PSEQ 54.58 (6.72) 56.25 (5.49) 43.67 (14.97) 43.13 (16.05) P<0.05 M (SD) within groups
Arnaud Dechamps, et al [36] RCT fall self-efficacy 55.1 (23.44) 16.8 (7) 48.6 (26.3) 26.5 (23.6) P<0.001 M (SD) within groups
exercise self-efficacy 40.3 (21.4) 56.3 (32.4) 35.3 (21.3) 63.9 (33.7) P<0.003 M (SD) within groups
Chenchen Wang, et al [15] RCT arthritis self-efficacy
-week 12
0.60 (0.12, 1.08) −0.11 (−0.59, 0.37) P=0.04 M (95%CI) change from baseline between groups
arthritis self-efficacy
-week 24
0.68 (0.20, 1.16) −0.17 (−0.65, 0.31) P=0.02
arthritis self-efficacy
-week 48
0.72 (0.24, 1.20) −0.24 (−0.72, 0.24) P=0.007
Marko Nedel
jkovic, et al [50]
RCT general self- efficacy -week 12 1.89 (2.88) −0.10 (2.52) P=0.006 M (SD) change from baseline between groups
general self- efficacy
-week 20
2.46 (2.30) 1.06 (2.58) P=0.033
Kim D. Jones, et al [34] RCT self-efficacy-pain 9.2 (2.1, 18.3) −1.5 (−0.7, −0.2) P=0.00001 M (95%CI) change from baseline between groups
self-efficacy-function 7.9 (0.9, 14.1) −0.3 (−0.5, −0.1) P=0.00007
self-efficacy-
other symptoms
12.5 (3.8, 21.1) −0.8 (−0.9, −0.6) P=0.00001
Ruth E. Taylor Piliae, et al [51] quasi-experimental study TCSE barriers 25.0 (37.1) P<0.01 M (SD) change from baseline within groups
TCSE performance 18.8 (26.3) P<0.01

Q= quartile; M=mean; SD=standard deviation; 95%CI=95% confidence interval.