Figures
- FIGURE 1
CONSORT 2010 flow diagram.
- FIGURE 2
Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire – Revised (CFQ-R) respiratory domain results at 3-monthly intervals during the study. Each line represents an individual subject.
- FIGURE 3
Self-reported symptom scores immediately prior to each of the eight individual Tai Chi lessons for all participants. a) Trouble sleeping; b) waking due to cough; c) daytime cough; d) trouble breathing; e) stomach hurting (scale 0=never, 1=sometimes, 3=often, 4=always); f) visual analogue scores for general health and wellbeing.
Tables
- TABLE 1
Baseline data at trial entry for both groups completing the 3-month Tai Chi intervention
Face-to-face Internet-delivered Subjects 22 18 Male 6 7 Female 16 11 Adults (>16 years) 15 11 Teenagers (12–15 years) 3 3 Children (6–11 years) 4 4 FEV1 % pred <40% 3 1 40–70% 9 5 >70% 13 12 Age 22.75 (7.1–45.7) 22.8 (6.1–51.5) FVC# % pred 87±18.1 94±14.1 FEV1# % pred 69±21.6 77±21.8 Height m 1.56±0.2 1.57±0.21 Weight kg 52.5±18.3 52.4±17.7 BMI kg·m−2 20.4±4.1 20.4±3.2 CFQ-R (respiratory) 64.5±25.2 59.4±26.5 CFQ-R (digestion) 74.8±25.4 75.9±28.1 Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index 11.7±8.1 11.8±8 Five Facet Mindfulness Scale (adult) 112.5±14.3 107.5±18.9 CAMM (child) 36.5±3.9 34.9±5.2 Data are presented as n, median (range) or mean±sd. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital capacity; BMI: body mass index; CFQ-R: Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire – Revised; CAMM: Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure. #: according to age, height, sex and race.
- TABLE 2
Linear regression coefficients for instructor questionnaire domains, with time as the independent variable
Dependent variable Independent variable Unstandardised coefficients Standardised coefficient Significance β Standard error β Trouble sleeping Constant 0.881 0.113 0.000 Time −0.065 0.022 −0.160 0.004 Stomach ache Constant 0.786 0.114 0.000 Time −0.051 0.023 −0.126 0.025 Daytime cough Constant 1.317 0.104 0.000 Time −0.060 0.021 −0.161 0.004 Wake with cough Constant 0.638 0.096 0.000 Time −0.055 0.019 −0.160 0.004 Trouble breathing Constant 0.843 0.098 0.000 Time −0.062 0.019 −0.174 0.002
