The effect of yoga on respiratory functions, symptom control and life quality of asthma patients: A randomized controlled study.

AIM: This study was conducted to find out the effect of yoga applied to asthma patients on the patients' respiratory functions, symptom control and quality of life.

METHODS: The sample of the study consisted of a total of randomly chosen 112 asthma patients, 56 in the experimental group and 56 in the control group, who met the research criteria and who agreed to participate in the study. A total of 12 yoga sessions, 2 sessions a week for 6 weeks, was applied to the patients in the experimental group. The patients in the control group did not receive any intervention.

RESULTS: In the intragroup comparison of average pre-test and post-test scores of respiratory function and Asthma Control Test (ACT) and Asthma Quality of Life Scale (AQLQ) total and sub-dimension scores of the patients in the experimental and control group, the difference was found to be statistically significant (p < 0.05). In addition, post-test score averages were found to increase in the experimental group, while they were found to decrease in the control group.

CONCLUSION: It was found that yoga influenced respiratory functions, symptom control and quality of life positively in asthma patients. The clinical trial registration number is NCT04107415/https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04107415.

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KEYWORDS: Asthma; Nursing; Patient; Yoga

PMID: 31679902 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2019.101070