The Effects of Different Qigong Practice on Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)of Patitents with Type 2 Diabetes

Abstract

Objective To observe the influences of different Qigong practice on changes of psychological state,life quality,and glycometabolism in type 2 diabetes patients.Methods 106 patients with type 2 diabetes were randomly recruited into four groups:a movement Qigong group,a movement combined with state Qigong group,a state Qigong group,and a control group.The movement Qigong practice group performs Baduanjun exercises.The state Qigong group proformed relaxation exercise or Fangsonggong.The three Qigong groups received routine diabetes treatment combined with the intervention of Qigong practice.And the controlled group only received routine diabetes treatment.All the patients were measured by MMPI before their therapy,two and four months after the treatment.The completely cases we got in each groups were:the movement Qigong group was 94,the movement combined with state Qigong group was 24,the state Qigong group was 25,and the controlled group was 22.All the statistics were analyzed by software SPSS12.0.Results Comparison among groups:After four months of Qigong practice,The Si factor in MMPl was obvious better in State group than in the controlled group(P=0.029),There was no obvious change in other factors.After four months of Qigong practice,the total mark,average mark,Pd、Ptand Sc factor of the movement combined with state group showed obvious improvement(P=0.010,P=0.020,P =0.017).The total mark,average mark,Hy、Pd and Pa factor of the state Qigong group showed obvious improvement(P=0.026、P=0.033、P=0.035).Conclusion Different types of Qigong practice have different effects.Movement combined with state Qigong and state Qigong exercise have good effects in improving emotion disorders of type 2diabetes patients. Key words: Qigong practice; Typc 2 Diabetes; Psychological Share; Interventional study