A Physical Therapy Treatment for Adults Diagnosed With Asthma in Primary Care: a Randomised Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 56
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Health related Quality of Life as measured by the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire
研究概览
简要总结
All patients on the GP asthma database in one practice were invited for an asthma physical-therapy assessment, at baseline. Volunteers satisfying the inclusion criteria ie - aged between 16 and 70, able to understand, read and write English, give informed consent, willing to attend the surgery to take part in the trial and with no other serious conditions - were invited to participate in the study. Patients were randomised either to a control group, receiving 2 more assessments at 6 and 12 months, or for comparison to a group receiving 5 physical-therapy treatments of integrated breathing and relaxation exercises (known as the Papworth Method (PM)). The two groups would then be compared at 6 and 12 months.
Hypotheses:
- The PM of breathing and relaxation training would improve the quality of life for adult patients with asthma in primary care, compared with patients only receiving usual medical care.
- Anxiety and depression, and symptoms from dysfunctional breathing would reduce compared with the control group.
- Respiratory function measurements would improve compared with the control group.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 16 Years 至 70 Years（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •doctor diagnosed asthma, volunteers from the practice asthma database
- •16-70 years of age
- •able to understand, speak and write English
- •willing to give informed consent
- •willing and able to attend the surgery for assessments and treatments
排除标准
- •serious co-morbid conditions
结局指标
主要结局
Health related Quality of Life as measured by the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire
次要结局
- Anxiety and Depression as measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.
- Symptoms from dysfunctional breathing measured by the Nijmegen Questionnaire.
- Respiratory measurements as measured by spirometry and capnography.