Nickel, Cerstin and Lahmann, Claas and Muehlbacher, Moritz and Gil, Francisco Pedrosa and Kaplan, Patrick and Buschmann, Wiebke and Tritt, Karin and Kettler, Christian and Bachler, Egon and Egger, Christian and Anvar, Javaid and Fartacek, Rainhold and Loew, Thomas and Rother, Wolfhardt and Nickel, Marius (2006) Pregnant women with bronchial asthma benefit from progressive muscle relaxation: A randomized, prospective, controlled trial. PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS, 75 (4). pp. 237-243. ISSN 0033-3190, 1423-0348
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Background: Asthma is a serious medical problem in pregnancy and is often associated with stress, anger and poor quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) on change in blood pressure, lung parameters, heart rate, anger and health-related quality of life in pregnant women with bronchial asthma. Methods: We treated a sample of 64 pregnant women with bronchial asthma from the local population in an 8-week randomized, prospective, controlled trial. Thirty-two were selected for PMR, and 32 received a placebo intervention. The systolic blood pressure, forced expiratory volume in the first second, peak expiratory flow and heart rate were tested, and the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory and Health Survey (SF-36) were employed. Results: According to the intend-to-treat principle, a significant reduction in systolic blood pressure and a significant increase in both forced expiratory volume in the first second and peak expiratory flow were observed after PMR. The heart rate showed a significant increase in the coefficient of variation, root mean square of successive differences and high frequency ranges, in addition to a significant reduction in low and middle frequency ranges. A significant reduction on three of five State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory scales, and a significant increase on seven of eight SF-36 scales were observed. Conclusions: PMR appears to be an effective method to improve blood pressure, lung parameters and heart rate, and to decrease anger levels, thus enhancing health-related quality of life in pregnant women with bronchial asthma. Copyright (c) 2006 S. Karger AG, Basel.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | HEART-RATE-VARIABILITY; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; BIOFEEDBACK; CHILDREN; ANXIETY; AIRWAY; PAIN; SYMPTOMS; INDEXES; asthma; pregnancy; heart rate; lung parameters; anger; health-related quality of life; progressive muscle relaxation |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Abteilung für Psychosomatische Medizin |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2021 09:53 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2021 09:53 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/35269 |
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