A Home-based Intervention to Promote Mindful Breathing Awareness Through Pursed-lip Breathing Training for COPD Patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: COPD; Emphysema
• Interventions: Behavioral: mindful breathing application; Device: application on a computer tablet

• Registration Number: NCT03814980
• Lead Sponsor: Mayo Clinic

Brief Summary

In this study, a system will be developed to guide patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to complete a mindful breathing practice at home. COPD is the third leading cause of death in the United States and no cure exists. Shortness of breath is the most common disabling symptom. Pursed lips breathing is a type of breathing practice that has demonstrated effectiveness for patients with COPD. It requires practice to maintain and there is currently no home system to provide the needed feedback and support to maintain PLB. Additionally, syncing breathing and heart rate variation offers patients additional benefits. The proposed project explores the use of biofeedback to guide COPD patients in a breathing practice and to provide data for health coaching to monitor and support the practice.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-11-01
• Study First Submitted: 2019-01-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-01-23
• Study First Posted: 2019-01-24
• Primary Completion: 2019-08-30
• Study Completion: 2019-08-30
• Status Verified: 2020-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-01-03
• Last Update Posted: 2020-01-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 6

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Pilot Study	mindful breathing application	Participants will be shown how to use a mindful breathing software application. The software will be used for 1 week. At the end of the week, participants will evaluate the software.
Pilot Study	application on a computer tablet	Participants will be shown how to use a mindful breathing software application. The software will be used for 1 week. At the end of the week, participants will evaluate the software.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Test the feasibility of a mindful breathing application for COPD patients	About 1 week	Mindful Breathing Application on a computer tablet for COPD patients

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic in Rochester; 🇺🇸 Rochester, Minnesota, United States