NCT05492929

The Effect of Deep Breathing Exercise and 4-7-8 Breathing Techniques on Anxiety and Quality of Life

Completed NA Last updated 9 August 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing The deep breathing group in Postoperative Complications in 90 participants. Completed in 5 July 2022.

Timeline

1 January 2022

Primary endpoint
1 April 2022

5 July 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Ataturk University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	supportive care
Enrollment	90
Start date	1 January 2022
Primary completion	1 April 2022
Estimated completion	5 July 2022
Sites	1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• The deep breathing group
• 4-7-8 breathing technique

Conditions studied

• Postoperative Complications — all drugs for Postoperative Complications →

Sponsor

Ataturk University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Postoperative Complications. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Aim: This study aims to determine the effects of the deep breathing exercise and the 4-7-8 breathing technique applied to patients after bariatric surgery on their anxiety and quality of life.

Materials and Methods: The study was conducted between January and June 2022 at Ankara Lokman Hekim Akay Hospital Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Clinic. The research was carried out using the pre-test post-test randomized controlled experimental research design with a control group. A total of 90 patients (30 patients in the deep breathing group, 30 patients in the 4-7-8 breathing group, and 30 patients in the control group) who met the research inclusion criteria were included in the study. While routine care was applied to the control group, 1 group was given deep breathing training, and the other group was given 4-7-8 breathing training. Personal Information Form, the Obesity-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire, Status, and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were used for data collection. In the evaluation of the data, number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Kolmogorov Smirnov test, chi- square, dependent samples t-test, ANOVA, Tukey's test, Pearson Correlation analysis, and Cronbach's alpha Reliability Coefficient were used.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. The Effect of Deep Breathing Exercise and 4-7-8 Breathing Techniques Applied to Patients After Bariatric Surgery on Anxiety and Quality of Life.
   Aktaş GK, İlgin VE. · · 2023 · cited 9× · PMID 36480101 · DOI 10.1007/s11695-022-06405-1