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 ]

Sleep disturbance will be assessed by the sleep disturbance scale for children (SDSC).


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