Slow-paced respiration therapy to treat symptoms in pulmonary arterial hypertension

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• 作者：Lea Ann Matura ; PhD^a ; ^{matura@nursing.upenn.edu} ; Jamison Fargo ; PhD^b ; Jason S. Fritz ; MD^c ; Kerri A. Smith ; MD^c ; Anjali Vaidya ; MD^d ; Diane Pinder ; BS^c ; Christine Archer-Chicko ; MSN ; CRNP^c ; Harold I. Palevsky ; MD^c ; Allan I. Pack ; MBChB ; PhD^e ; Marilyn S. Sommers ; PhD^a ; Steven M. Kawut ; MD ; MS^f
• 关键词：Pulmonary arterial hypertension ; Respiration therapy ; Actigraphy ; Sleep disturbance ; Symptoms
• 刊名：Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January-February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：46
• 期：1
• 页码：7-13
• 全文大小：347 K
• 卷排序：46

文摘

A pilot study of 10 women there was 100% retention and high adherence to the 8-week slow-paced respiration therapy intervention. Slow-paced respiration therapy was associated with reduced plasma IL-6 levels and no serious adverse events occurred. Preliminary results suggest decreased wake after sleep onset, increased sleep efficiency and increased total sleep time. Depressive symptoms decreased and HRQOL scores decreased (higher HRQOL scores indicate worse HRQOL.