Tests home Tai Chi with a caregiver for inactive heart failure patients
Tests home Tai Chi with a caregiver in inactive adults with heart failure.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Effect of the Home-based Digital-assisted Dyadic Tai Chi (HDTC) Training Program Among Sedentary Individuals With HF and Their Caregivers: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Key facts
- Where
- Qingdao, ChinaSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 75 years old?
Source: NCT06876441, who can take part
Where in China
- The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao UniversityQingdao, ChinaTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Trial code
- NCT06876441
- Record updated
- 11 March 2026
- Original description
The full scale RCT aims to assess the effectiveness of the HDTC training program in improving functional capacity, cardiac function and secondary outcomes among sedentary chronic heart failure (CHF) individuals, while simultaneously reducing care burden and improving other outcomes for their caregivers.Read full original descriptionShow less
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of the Home-based Digital-assisted Dyadic Tai Chi (HDTC) Training Program Among Sedentary Individuals With Heart Failure (HF) and Their Caregivers.
The full scale RCT aims to assess the effectiveness of the HDTC training program in improving functional capacity, cardiac function and secondary outcomes among sedentary chronic heart failure (CHF) individuals, while simultaneously reducing care burden and improving other outcomes for their caregivers.
Inclusion: CHF individuals:; aged 18 to 75 years; diagnosed with CHF, regardless of the HF phenotype (HFrEF, HFmrEF, and HFpEF); categorized as NYHA class I, II or III; 6MWD >150 meters (mild to moderate HF); stable phase of disease in the past four weeks and capable of independently practice Tai Chi without any musculoskeletal disorders that may impede joint movement; sit more than 8 h/d in the past month; own a smartphone; volunteer to participate and provide informed consent; caregivers:; age ≥18 years old; primary caregiver at home, who has emotional ties or social obligations with CHF individuals and provides daily care; able to exercise Tai Chi without help; volunteer to participate and provide informed consent.
Exclusion: HF individuals:; plan to undergo surgery within the next 6 months; have severe comorbidities, such as cancer, liver or kidney failure, or diagnosed psychiatric disorders; plan to be admitted to a nursing home or other care facilities; regularly practice Tai Chi or engaging in other forms of exercise in the past 3 months (at least 3 times per week, at least 20 minutes of regular exercise each time); currently participate in similar or related studies; caregivers: · formal caregivers, such as nurses, will be excluded.