Buteyko Breathing and Approach of Smoking Hygiene: Effects on Dysfucntion of Eustachian Tube and Lung Functions

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Tobacco Smoking; Eustachian Tube Dysfunction

Treatments: Behavioral: Buteyko breathing plus smoking hyeigne approach; Behavioral: smoking hygiene appraoch

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07236580

IRB00014233-50

Details and patient eligibility

About

adolescents are usually exposed to tobacco smoke passively. this can reduce their lung functions and negatively impact functions of Eustachian tube. The solution is to lower rates to tobacco exposure and use the support of Buteyko Breathing

Full description

in this study, we will randolmly recruit 40 adolescents who are usually exposed to tobacco smoke passively in house from smoking parent or household members. these adolescents will complain chronic dysfunction of their Eustachian Tube (chronic obstructive dysfucntion) . adolescents will be catagorized to one of both groupsl, group I or group II (N=20 patient in the group). Both groups will receive smokinh hyeigne approach for 6 months. Group I will additionally receive Buteyko Breathing 30-minute apprach (this appraoch will be appleid by patients all days, except fridays, weekly for 6 months).

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Dysfucntion of Eustachian Tube (obstructive chronic form)
• adolescents with passive tobacco exposure from smoking parent or household member
• adolscent participants whose parents approve the participation

Exclusion criteria

• cardiac problem
• chest disease
• renal/hepatic disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

group number 1

Experimental group

Description:

in this group, we will include 20 adolescents who are usually exposed to tobacco smoke passively in house from smoking parent or household members. these adolescents will complain chronic dysfunction of their Eustachian Tube (chronic obstructive dysfucntion) . adolescents will receive smoking hyeigne approach for 6 months.This group will additionally receive Buteyko Breathing 30-minute apprach (this appraoch will be appleid by patients all days weekly, except fridays, for 6 months).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Buteyko breathing plus smoking hyeigne approach

group number 2

Active Comparator group

Description:

in this group, we will include 20 adolescents who are usually exposed to tobacco smoke passively in house from smoking parent or household members. these adolescents will complain chronic dysfunction of their Eustachian Tube (chronic obstructive dysfucntion) . adolescents will receive smoking hyeigne approach for 6 months.

Treatment:

Behavioral: smoking hygiene appraoch