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Breathing Therapy for Patients in General Practice

NCT06575920 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2025-04-06

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Summary

Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) capture conditions characterized by symptoms without corresponding objective findings, such as asthenia, low back pain, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, or chronic fatigue syndrome. In order to establish the grounds for a RCT. this pilot study aims to investigate the effectiveness and feasibility of a 5-week breathing retraining programme on patients who meet the criteria for MUPS.

Conditions

  • Mind-Body Therapies

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Breathing excercizes

The intervention comprised six sessions. The first week involved obtaining informed consent, taking measurements and providing a brief introduction to breath and coherent breathing exercises. This was followed by four weekly sessions, each consisting of 90 minutes combining lectures and breathing exercises. At the final session, measurements and feasibility data were collected.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • UiT The Arctic University of Norway

    collaborator OTHER

  • The University of New South Wales

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Agder

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Silje Haugland, PhD · University of Agder

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-10-11
Primary Completion
2023-11-15
Completion
2024-02-14

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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