Li 1989.

Methods	RCT
Participants	107 male and female patients with hypertension (mean age: qigong and antihypertension medication 57.65 ± 8.81, control 55.06 ± 10.79) were recruited from a hospital; participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 arms ‐ qigong, qigong plus antihypertension medication or antihypertension medication only. 42 participants were randomly assigned to qigong plus antihypertension medication, and 33 to control The country of publication was China
Interventions	Qigong plus antihypertension medication group: relaxation of the body, mind meditation and use of qigong breathing habits and principles. Qigong was practised for 30 minutes twice a day for 8 weeks. Participants also received antihypertension tablets (hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg to be taken twice per day and propranolol 5 mg to be taken 3 times per day) Control group: antihypertension medication only (hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg to be taken twice per day and propranolol 5 mg to be taken 3 times per day) Follow‐up: 2 years
Outcomes	Blood pressure
Notes	Article was translated by MSL and was checked by JSWK
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	High risk	Participants were randomly assigned by order of admission to the study
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not stated
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not stated
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not stated
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Information was insufficient for judgement
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Information was insufficient for judgement
Other bias	Unclear risk	Information was insufficient for judgement