Clinical Trial: Buteyko Method for Asthmatic Children With Mouth Breathing
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: THE EFFECTS OF THE BUTEYKO METHOD IN MOUTH BREATHING ASTHMATIC CHILDREN: A CONTROLLED RANDOMIZED STUDY
Brief Summary: To assess the effectiveness of the Buteyko method as an adjunct therapy in the treatment of asthmatic children with mouth breathing.
Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Current Primary Outcome: Change in Sleep disturbance (questionnaire) [ Time Frame: Baseline, three weeks later and six months after treatment ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome:
- Change in spirometry (FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, FEF25-75%, PEF) [ Time Frame: Baseline, three weeks later and six months after treatment ]
- Change in ventilometry (minute volume and vital capacity) [ Time Frame: Baseline, three weeks later and six months after treatment ]Minute volume and vital capacity (liters)
- Number of hospitalizations [ Time Frame: Through study completion, an average of three weeks and six months after treatment ]
- Number of days off-school [ Time Frame: During the three weeks of treatment ]
Original Secondary Outcome:
- Change in spirometry (FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, FEF25-75%, PEF) [ Time Frame: Baseline, three weeks later and six months after treatment ]
- Change in ventilometry (minute volume and vital capacity) [ Time Frame: Baseline, three weeks later and six months after treatment ]Minute volume and vital capacity (liters)
- Number of hospitalizations [ Time Frame: Through study completion, an average of three weeks and six months after treatment ]
- Number of asthma exacerbations [ Time Frame: During the three weeks of treatment ]
Information By: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Dates:
Date Received: March 7, 2016
Date Started: March 2016
Date Completion:
Last Updated: January 20, 2017
Last Verified: January 2017