@article{ajnr20186632,
author={{Mohamed, Eman Mahmoud Hafez and ELmetwaly, Aml Ahmed Mohammed and Ibrahim, Ateya Megahed},
title={Buteyko Breathing Technique: A Golden Cure for Asthma},
journal={American Journal of Nursing Research},
volume={6},
number={6},
pages={616--624},
year={2018},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajnr/6/6/32},
issn={2378-5586},
abstract={The Buteyko Breathing Technique (BBT) is distinctive breathing therapy that uses control breath and breath-holding exercises to treat a large vary of health conditions believed to be connected to hyperventilation and low carbon dioxide. <b>Aim:</b> To evaluate the effect of Buteyko breathing technique on patients with bronchial asthma. <b>Setting: </b>This study was conducted in chest disease department at Port-said El- Masah El- Bahry Hospital. <b>Method:</b><b> </b>Quasi-experimental design was utilized in this study on a purposeful sample of (50) patients through pre and post program implementation.<b> Tools: </b>Two tools were used, tool I: An interviewing questionnaire include; patients demographic data, and clinical data. Tool II: Asthma assessment questionnaire include; Asthma Severity Questionnaire and Asthma control questionnaire. <b>Result:</b> Showed that all asthma severity and asthma control items were a highly significant improved after applied BBT at p value &lt;0.001, with significant improvement in (FEV1) after applied BBT that reflected through 64% and 36% of participants had intermittent and mild (FEV1). <b>Conclusion:</b> This study support the effectiveness of Buteyko breathing exercise over the standard treatment in asthmatic patients. There was a statistically signi?cant improvement of daily Asthma Control, Asthma severity, pulmonary function-forced expiratory volume in 1s (FEV1) and peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), in patients after applied Buteyko breathing exercise for one months over pre applied it. <b>Recommendations: </b>The researchers recommend that Buteyko breathing technique be added as a possible medical and nursing intervention in managing asthmatic adults.},
doi={10.12691/ajnr-6-6-32}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}