Effectiveness of a Buteyko-based Breathing Technique for Asthma Patients

ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma

Treatments: Other: Buteyko Breathing Technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03098849

RBT_10

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a Buteyko-based breathing technique on physiological and psychological parameters in adults with asthma

Full description

The investigators explore the effects of a Buteyko-based breathing technique training using a treatment group vs. control group design and a repeated measures design with follow-up measurements 3 and 6 months after the intervention. The sample size calculation was made for an effect of d = .20 with repeated measures, a power of 1- β = .80 and α = .05. Additionally the investigators plan to take measurements (only once) from healthy volunteers matching them (age and gender) with the asthma patients.

Enrollment: 63 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Written informed consent, regular intake of prescribed asthma medication according to the AWMF scheme level 1, native speaker of german

Exclusion criteria

• Participation in another study, comorbidities (heart diseases, cancer still under treatment, psychiatric diseases)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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63 participants in 2 patient groups

Buteyko Training

Experimental group

Description:

Breathing exercises according to the Buteyko Breathing Technique

Treatment:

Other: Buteyko Breathing Technique

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard care as usual