Comparative Effects Of Buteyko Breathing Techniques And Papworth Method In Asthmatic Patients
- Conditions
- Asthma
- Registration Number
- NCT05931952
- Lead Sponsor
- Riphah International University
- Brief Summary
Asthma is an inflammatory condition which is characterized by coughing, sneezing, and shortness of breath. The ratio of asthma is increasing day by day around the globe. According to an estimate, more than 300 million people are affected from this chronic respiratory disorder throughout the world. The asthma is diagnosis on basis of sign and symptoms as there is no gold standard of evaluating the asthma. There are basically two treatment strategies for asthma involving medical management and physiotherapy treatment. In medical treatment, steroid drugs and bronchodilators are given to asthmatic patients. Now a day, the physiotherapy treatment has gained much importance. There are numerous physiotherapy approaches available for rehabilitating asthma patients such as breathing techniques, yoga, and relaxation exercises. Buteyko technique includes three steps (control pause, shallow breathing and combination of step 1 \& 2). While, papworth method includes five steps (breathing, education, relaxation, combination of breathing and relaxation exercise and home exercises). The randomized clinical trials will be conducted for this study and data will be calculated using simple random sampling technique. The study will be carried out in Clinical Private (Farooq Clinic) setting Khushab and THQ Khushab for a period of 10 months after approval from research and ethical committee. Firstly, consent will be taken from the study participants. Screening will be done using WHO Quality of Life Scale questionnaire and asthma control test adult scores. Lung spirometry values (FVC, FEV1, \& FEV1/FVC) and oxygen saturation will be evaluated at baseline, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks. Patients will be divided into two groups. Group A \& Group B. Buteyko breathing technique will be performed to Group A patients and papworth method will be performed to Group B. Chest physiotherapy will be performed to both groups as a conservative treatment at baseline, 2 weeks, and 4weeks
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 42
- Diagnosed asthmatic patients
- Age group 20-60 years
- Both genders
- Lung function (FEV predicted < 80% & FEV1/FVC < 75%)
- Nighttime awakening 3-4 times/month
- Symptoms > 2 days/week
- Unstable asthmatic patients
- Acute upper respiratory infection
- History of radiation
- Taking any oral steroid, mental disorder
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method PFT to assess change baseline and fourth week It is the Pulmonary Function Test and these tests are used to measure lungs functions. These are specifically necessary for diagnosis of respiratory diseases. The data calculated from PFT include Force Vital Capacity (FVC), Force Expiratory Volume at 1 second (FEV1), and FEV1/FVC
WHOQOL to assess change baseline and fourth week This questionnaire was represented by the WHO (World Health Organization) and it is used to assess quality and wellbeing of an individual. The study has elaborated the validity and reliability of this tool. Low score on this scale indicates depression and anxiety like symptoms
Asthma Control Test Adult (ACT) to assess change baseline and fourth week Asthma Control Test (ACT) is a clinical tool for evaluation of symptoms of asthmatic patients. It is a 5-item questionnaire for the assessment of patient-reported asthma control. The study has illustrated that this tool has content validity
Oximeter to assess change baseline and fourth week It is an instrument which is used to evaluate oxygen level of blood. This test is performed in various lungs and heart diseases. It is a painless and non-invasive procedure of measuring oxygen saturation. It simply works by placing the device on finger
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Farooq hospital
🇵🇰Khushāb, Punjab, Pakistan
Farooq hospital🇵🇰Khushāb, Punjab, Pakistan