Journal of Haehwa Medicine (혜화의학회지)
- Volume 17 Issue 1
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- Pages.1-9
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- 2008
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- 2586-3002(pISSN)
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- 2586-3347(eISSN)
The Effect of Tai Chi Exercise on the Depression and Self Efficacy of the Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
타이치 운동이 류마티스 관절염 환자의 우울 및 자기효능감에 미치는 효과
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Lee, Kang-Yi
(Department of Nursing, Daejeon University)
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이강이
(대전대학교 한의과대학 간호학과)
- Accepted : 2008.06.24
- Published : 2008.06.30
Abstract
Purpose: This study was attempted to verify the effects of Tai Chi exercise on the depression and self efficacy of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Method: It employed a non-equivalent control group pre- and post-test design. The research instruments used in this study were depression and self efficacy. Thirty-two patients in the experimental group carried out 50 minutes of Tai Chi exercise for 12 weeks, and 29 patients in the control group did not. Before and after the experiment, both groups were tested for depression and self efficacy. Collected data were processed using the SPSS/WIN 10.0 program analyzing by the frequency, percentage,