Work Productivity in Hyperventilation Syndrome (WHY)

University Hospital, Lille

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hyperventilation Syndrome

Treatments: Other: questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03292523

2017-A01542-51 (Other Identifier)

2016_68

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hyperventilation syndrome is associated with impaired quality of life. The aim of the study is to assess the relationship between work productivity, including absenteeism and presenteeism, and the severity of hyperventilation syndrome

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Holders of employment contracts for at least 8 days
• Diagnosis of hyperventilation syndrome confirmed by:

Compatible symptoms and at least two symptoms reproduced by the hyperventilation challenge test: Nijmegen's score> 23 ; Demonstration of alveolar hyperventilation ( Either on rest blood and / or at rest (PaCO2 at rest <36 mmHg and D (A-a) O2 normal; Either during the HV test (increased recovery time of the basic PETCO2 after voluntary hyperventilation (greater than 5 minutes)

Exclusion criteria

• Existence of another chronic pulmonary disease (asthma, bronchial dilation, COPD, diffuse interstitial pneumonia, neuromuscular pathology ...) or cardiac (rhythm disorder, ischemic heart disease ...) which can participate in dyspnea
• Psychiatric illness / psychotropic treatment
• Pregnancy
• Patient already included in a clinical research protocol involving new therapeutics may not be included in this protocol
• Specific physiotherapy or previous training

Trial design

50 participants in 1 patient group

Hyperventilation syndrome

Treatment:

Other: questionnaire