Tai Chi for treating cancer-related fatigue: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Table 4 Basic characteristics of the included literatures

Ref.	Research object	Sample size		Intervention measure		Intervention cycle	Intervener	Outcome measures
		Treatment	Control	Treatment	Control
Chen[18] (2021)	Breast cancer patients after chemotherapy	26	26	Simplified 24-form Tai Chi	Treatment and routine. Training and exercise	16 weeks, 3 times a week, 60 minutes each time	Professional teachers	CFS body composition, blood lipids
Ge and Shentu[19] (2019)	Lung cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy	39	39	Simplified 24-form Tai Chi	Treatment and routine training	6 weeks, twice a day, 30 minutes each time	Full-time nurses	RPFS, FACT-G, T lymphocyte subset
Han et al[20] (2019)	Breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy	20	21	Eight forms of Tai chi	Treatment and routine training	12 weeks, twice a day, 5 days a week	Researchers	RPFS-CV
Jiang et al[21] (2013)	Lung cancer patients	30	30	Simplified 24-form Tai Chi	Treatment and routine training	30 days, twice a day, 30 minutes each time	Full-time nurses	BFI, SRSS
Wang[22] (2017)	Breast cancer patients who underwent modified radical mastectomy and chemotherapy	45	41	Tai Chi	Treatment and routine Training and exercise	Starting from 10 days after the operation, 6 months, twice a day, 20 minutes each time	Researchers	CFS, PSQI, WHOQOL-BREF, SAS, SDS
Yang et al[23] (2022)	Breast cancer patients who underwent modified radical mastectomy and chemotherapy	38	41	SimplifiedTai Chi	Treatment and routine. Training and exercise	12 weeks, twice a day, 5 times a week, 20 minutes each time	Researchers	RPFS-CV, FACT-B, Inflammatory factors
Zhang et al[24] (2016)	Lung cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy	38	36	Eight forms of Tai Chi	Treatment and routine training	12 weeks, 3-4 times a week, 60 minutes each time	Professional teachers	MFSI-SF
Zheng et al[25] (2022)	Postoperative patients with gastric cancer	53	53	Simplified 24-form Tai Chi	Treatment and routine training	12 weeks, 7 days after discharge, 3 times a week, 60 minutes each time	Full-time nurses	RPFS, PSQI
Zhou et al[26] (2018)	Patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma undergoing chemoradiotherapy	42	41	Simplified 24-form Tai Chi	Treatment and routine training	During chemotherapy, 5 times a week, 60 minutes each time	Researchers	MFSI-SF, Heart rate variability parameters

CFS: Cancer fatigue scale; BFI: Brief fatigue inventory; RPFS: Revised piper fatigue scale; RPFS-CV: Revised piper fatigue scale-Chinese version; MFSI-SF: Multidimensional fatigue symptom inventory-short form; PSQI: Pittsburgh sleep quality index; SRSS: Self-rating scale of sleep; FACT-G: Functional assessment of cancer therapy-general; FACT-B: FACT-breast; WHOQOL-BREF: WHO quality of life-BREF.