Tai Chi Chuan effect on the well-being of people with diabetes and high blood pressure

INTERVENTION: A randomized clinical trial will be carried out in which participants (382 volunteers) aged between 15 and 90 years, of both sexes, from the Faculty of Dentistry of Piracicaba (FOP‐Unicamp), sports academies where there is the practice of physical activity such as weight training, yoga and Tai Chi Chuan and a family health unit in the city of Piracicaba‐SP.Participants will be divided into 08 groups (six groups with 50 participants and 2 groups with 41 participants), classified into: G1: Tai Chi practitioners; G2: high school students who participate in the Scientific Initiation program (PIBIC‐EM) of FOP; G3: FOP Dentistry undergraduate students; G4: students of an FOP specialization course; G5: bodybuilders and G6: yoga practitioners, G7: hypertensive and diabetic patients who will receive Tai Chi classes for three months, twice a week, 1 hour of theoretical‐practical Tai chi class and G8 (control group): individuals with hypertension and diabetes who will receive the usual care to control comorbidities offered by the health unit. Groups G2 and G4 will receive a Tai Chi class and will answer the instruments before and after the intervention. The G7 and G8 groups will be monitored for three months. Volunteers from the G1, G3, G4, G5 and G6 group will answer an online questionnaire during the COVID‐19 pandemic. For data collection, the instruments Perceived Stress Scale (PSS‐14), State Anxiety Inventory (STAI‐E) and Andrews Face Scale will be applied to verify self‐perception of happiness and well‐being. D026302 CONDITION: D001007 D003920 Hypertension, Psychological Stress PRIMARY OUTCOME: Reduction of anxiety and stress after Tai Chi Chuan practice, measured through the State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS14). Increased self‐perception of happiness (visual scale followed by the question: How do you feel right now?). SECONDARY OUTCOME: Secondary outcomes are not expected. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Individuals who practice physical exercises such as Tai Chi, Yoga and Bodybuilding in sports academies and individuals who do not practice any physical activity; individuals diagnosed with arterial hypertension (greater or equal to systolic pressure: 140 to159 mmHg, diastolic pressure: 90 to 99 mmHg) and diabetes mellitus (fasting glucose more or iqual to 200) from a Health Unit who practice or not physical activity.