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| Name | Class |
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| University Hospitals, Leicester | OTHER |
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Breathing retraining supervised by a physiotherapist will result in improvements in the quality of life and asthma control of patients treated for asthma in the community with symptoms suggestive of dysfunctional breathing.
To investigate the effects of breathing retraining on clinical and physiological parameters of asthma control, to identify the characteristics of patients who benefit, to perform a health economic evaluation.
Objectives:
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sham Comparator | equal time with health care professional (asthma nurse) |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Physiotherapist | Other | Physiotherapist administered breathing retraining programme |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in AQLQ scores between intervention and control groups in subjects with positive NQ screening scores 1 month post intervention Change in AQLQ scores between intervention groups of subjects with positive and negative NQ screening scores | Dec 2006 |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Changes in bronchial hyperresponsiveness(PC 20), sputum eosinophil counts and exhaled NO between intervention and control groups in subjects with positive and negative NQ screening scores Change in ACQ Score between the intervention and the control gr | Dec 2007 |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Mike Thomas | University of Aberdeen | Principal Investigator |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001249 | Asthma |
| ID | Term |
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| D001982 | Bronchial Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
| D008173 | Lung Diseases, Obstructive |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D059825 | Physical Therapists |
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| D006282 | Health Personnel |
| D005159 | Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services |
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| D012130 |
| Respiratory Hypersensitivity |
| D006969 | Hypersensitivity, Immediate |
| D006967 | Hypersensitivity |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |