| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北護理健康大學 === 中西醫結合護理研究所 === 103 === Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma incidence rate was increasing with 67% respectively survival rate. Dealing with physical and psychological pressure, maintaining quality of life and boosting immune function after chemotherapy are important issues during long-term survivor period.. Baduanjin, one of the most common Chinese qigong which combines exercise, meditation and easy movement, may reduce the physical/emotional distress and boost immune system that resulting from the chemotherapy. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Baduanjin exercise on stress、quality of Life and immune function for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma patients after receiving chemotherapy .
51 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients were recruited in a medical center of Kaohsiung city 2 months to one year after chemotherapy. This quasi-experimental designed study includes twenty-five patients in the experimental group who received a 6-weeks Baduanjin qigong exercise training program, and Twenty-six patients in the control group who did not receive any intervention. The Perceived stress scale (PSS)、 European Cancer Treatment and Research Organization Quality of Life Scale (EORTC-C30)、absolute neutrophil count (ANC) 、immunoglobulin G、 immunoglobulin A、immunoglobulin M were measured at the first week of pre-intervention and the sixth week after intervention. SPSS for Windows version 19.0 was used to analyze the data, including descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, Mann - Whitney U test method and generalized estimating equation ( GEE). The results showed that Stress scores (PSS) in the experimental group after 6 weeks Baduanjin Qigong exercise training was significantly lower than the control group (P <.05) and the overall quality of life in experimental group was significantly higher than the control group (P <.05).However, there were no significant differences on physical function, role function, cognition function, social function, emotional function , physiological symptoms and immune function between two groups (P> .05). The results of this study may suggest the post-chemotherapy Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients practicing Baduanjin as daily exercise and as part of recovery activities to improve their overall health and to reduce their stress level.
|
|---|
