Breathing and relaxation exercises for adult patients diagnosed with asthma in primary care: a randomised controlled trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Asthma; Respiratory

• Registration Number: ISRCTN47120289
• Lead Sponsor: niversity College London (UK)

Brief Summary

2007 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17573445

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2006-02-01
• Study Start: 2006-12-06
• Last Update Posted: 28 November 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 85

Inclusion Criteria

1. Men and women between 16 and 70 years of age
2. 'Doctor' diagnosed asthma volunteers, recruited from the asthma database of one primary care practice
3. Able to understand, read and write English
4. Willing to give written informed consent
5. Willing and able to attend the local surgery for required number of attendances

Exclusion Criteria

Serious co-morbid conditions such as hemiplegia (we aimed to recruit patients typical of the caseload of any semi-rural population of primary care asthma patients in order that this study should be generalisable to similar practices. For the same reason we did not require confirmation of a diagnosis of asthma by reversibility etc.,)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Health related quality of life, as measured by the validated St George?s Respiratory Questionnaire with three domains (symptoms, activities and impacts) and a total overall score.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Anxiety and Depression as measured by the validated Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.<br> 2. Symptoms from dysfunctional breathing as measured by the validated Nijmegen Questionnaire.<br> 3. Respiratory measures as measured by spirometry and capnography.<br>