Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Apr 2013
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyA pilot cluster-randomized trial of a 20-week Tai Chi program in elders with cognitive impairment and osteoarthritic knee: effects on pain and other health outcomes.
Because Tai Chi (TC) is beneficial to elders without cognitive impairment (CI), it also may benefit elders with CI. But elders with CI have generally been excluded from TC studies because many measurement tools require verbal reports that some elders with CI are unable to provide. ⋯ Practicing TC can be efficacious in reducing pain and stiffness in elders with knee OA and CI.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Apr 2013
Randomized Controlled Trial"It makes you feel that somebody is out there caring": a qualitative study of intervention and control participants' perceptions of the benefits of taking part in an evaluation of dignity therapy for people with advanced cancer.
Participants in a Phase II randomized controlled trial of Dignity Therapy felt that the intervention had helped them; however, the processes underlying this are not known. ⋯ Patients with advanced cancer and their families found that Dignity Therapy had helped them in many ways; however, patients in the control group sometimes perceived similar benefits from taking part in the study, highlighting elements of Dignity Therapy that are common to dignity conserving care.