Abouelala, F., Sherif, W., Elshamy, K., Shalabi, N. (2017). EFFECT OF BUTEYKO BREATHING TECHNIQUE ON QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ASTHMATIC PATIENTS AT MANSOURA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. test, 4(2), 1-12. doi: 10.21608/mnj.2017.176516
Fatma Mohmmed Abouelala; Wafaa Ismail Sherif; Karima Fouad Elshamy; Nesrien Mohmed Shalabi. "EFFECT OF BUTEYKO BREATHING TECHNIQUE ON QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ASTHMATIC PATIENTS AT MANSOURA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL". test, 4, 2, 2017, 1-12. doi: 10.21608/mnj.2017.176516
Abouelala, F., Sherif, W., Elshamy, K., Shalabi, N. (2017). 'EFFECT OF BUTEYKO BREATHING TECHNIQUE ON QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ASTHMATIC PATIENTS AT MANSOURA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL', test, 4(2), pp. 1-12. doi: 10.21608/mnj.2017.176516
Abouelala, F., Sherif, W., Elshamy, K., Shalabi, N. EFFECT OF BUTEYKO BREATHING TECHNIQUE ON QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ASTHMATIC PATIENTS AT MANSOURA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. test, 2017; 4(2): 1-12. doi: 10.21608/mnj.2017.176516

EFFECT OF BUTEYKO BREATHING TECHNIQUE ON QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ASTHMATIC PATIENTS AT MANSOURA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Mansoura Nursing Journal
Article 1, Volume 4, Issue 2, July 2017, Pages 1-12    PDF (385.61 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2017.176516
Authors
Fatma Mohmmed Abouelala1; Wafaa Ismail Sherif2; Karima Fouad Elshamy2; Nesrien Mohmed Shalabi3
1Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damnhour University.
2Medical Surgical Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University.
3Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University
Abstract
Bronchial asthma (BA) is one of the most common chronic lung diseases, in both the developed and developing countries. There has been a sharp increase in the global prevalence, morbidity, mortality, and financial burden associated with asthma. Buteyko Breathing Technique (BBT) is the most effective a natural drug-free alternative therapy for asthma management. BBT showed a significant improvement in quality of life (QoL) and asthma control. This study aims to assess the effect of BBT on quality of life in patients with bronchial asthma. Subjects & Methods: Quasi-experimental design was conducted. A purposive sample of 90 asthmatic patients was included from out-patients of chest diseases department, Mansoura university Hospital over a period of 12 months. Data were collected using one tool "Patients' Interview Assessment Sheet" which include 2 parts 1) Socio demographic data, 2) Quality of Life Questionnaire (pre-test, and post-test). Results: revealed that, improvement of QoL total score 49.2 ± 8.4 to reach 60.4 ± 12.9 post implementing BBT compared to 51.5 ± 8.6 to reach 53.5 ± 9.1 of the control group after three months. Conclusion: The intervention group shows significant improvement of total quality of life scores Recommendations: further studies to investigate the impact of BBT on patients of bronchial asthma on long run studies.

Keywords
Key words: Bronchial Asthma; Quality of Life; Buteyko Breathing Technique
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