Tai-Chi for Residential Patients with Schizophrenia on Movement Coordination, Negative Symptoms, and Functioning: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 4

Themes and selected quotes on the subjective advantages and disadvantages of Tai-chi.

Advantages of Tai-chi	Disadvantages of Tai-chi
(1) Improving physical well-being, flexibility and movement regulation	(1) Tiredness
Tai-Chi was good for my bones and ligaments	Classes were long and felt out of energy
Tai-Chi made me more flexible	(2) Bodily discomfort
I was able to regulate the rhythm	My arms and legs hurt and I felt dizzy
It improved my physical ability	(3) Difficulty of the Tai-chi movements
It made me healthier	Movements were hard to remember and follow
(2) Improving cognitive and psychological health	(4) Difficulty in practicing independently
It made me happier	I did not know how to practice by myself
It helped me relax	(5) Tai-chi being slow and mundane
I could think more openly	It was boring
I felt more alert
(3) Possibility of becoming a leisure activity
Tai-Chi was attractive
It gave me something to do
(4) Others
It was the correct thing to do
Tai-Chi was a form of exercise