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Psychological interventions for adults with asthma

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Yorke, Janelle, Fleming, Sharon L, Shuldham, Caroline·2006·Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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BACKGROUND: Many people have asthma, and for some their symptoms may be triggered by psychological factors. In addition compliance with medical therapy may have a psychological dimension. Therefore, psychological interventions aim to reduce the burden of symptoms and improve management of the disease. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of psychological interventions for adults with asthma. SEARCH STRATEGY: The Cochrane Airways Group Specialised Register and PsycINFO were searched with pre-defined terms up until August 2005. SELECTION CRITERIA: Randomised controlled trials published in any language assessing the effects of a psychological intervention compared with a form of control in adult participants were included in the review. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two reviewers assessed the relevance of abstracts identified by electronic searching and retrieved agreed studies for further scrutiny. The studies that met the inclusion criteria were assembled and data extracted. MAIN RESULTS: Fourteen studies, involving 617 particpants, were included in the review, however study quality was poor and sample sizes were frequently small. However, some pooled effects were analysed. The use of 'as needed' medications was reduced in two studies, (47 patients), by relaxation therapy (OR 4.47, CI 1.22 to 16.44). There was no significant difference in FEV1 for relaxation therapy in four studies of 150 patients, (SMD -0.01, CI -0.41 to 0.40). Quality of life, measured using the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire in two studies, (48 patients), showed a positive effect following CBT (WMD 0.71, CI 0.23 to 1.19). Peak Expiratory Flow outcome data in two studies, (51 patients), indicated a significant difference in favour of bio-feedback therapy (SMD 0.66, CI 0.09 to 1.23). The remainder of the findings between studies were conflicting. This may have been due to the different types of interventions used and the deficiencies in trial design. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: This review was unable to draw firm conclusions for the role of psychological interventions in asthma due to the absence of an adequate evidence base. Larger, well-conducted and reported randomised trials are required in this area, in order to determine the effects of these techniques in the treatment of asthma in adults.

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  • Similar recruitment and retention difficulties have been previously reported in trials of one-to-one CBT in asthma.

    “Similar recruitment and retention difficulties have been previously reported in trials of one-to-one CBT in asthma [10,11].”

    From A randomised controlled feasibility trial of Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for people with severe asthma (2017) · cites this paper as [10]

    The supplied passages and additional indexed results are labeled as a study of cognitive muscular therapy for knee osteoarthritis, not the cited asthma review. Searches for recruitment, retention, CBT, and asthma returned no passage addressing difficulties in one-to-one CBT trials for asthma, so this copy cannot verify the claim. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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  • Evidence for the use of CBT in asthma is lacking and no studies focus specifically on severe asthma.

    “evidence for its use in cases of asthma is lacking and no studies focus specifically on the pattern of severe asthma [10,11].”

    From A randomised controlled feasibility trial of Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for people with severe asthma (2017) · cites this paper as [10]

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  • No previous CBT study has targeted severe asthma patients or evaluated group-based therapy.

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  • Previous studies evaluating the effectiveness of individual CBT in the general asthma population have found the AQLQ to be sensitive to change.

    “Previous studies evaluating the effectiveness of individual CBT in the general asthma population have found the AQLQ [10,11, 33, 34] to be sensitive to change.”

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Authors
Yorke, J., Fleming, S. L., & Shuldham, C.
Affiliations
  • University of Salford (GB)
  • Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Venue
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2006-01-25
Issue
1
Pages
CD002982-CD002982
ISSN
  • 1361-6137 (ISSN-L)
  • 1465-1858
OpenAlex
W1664538138
Cited by
95
References
118
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FWCI
0.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
  • University of Salford Institutional Repository (University of Salford) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR202203)
  • Department of Health and Social Care
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
asthma, psychological intervention, relaxation training, cognitive behavioral therapy, biofeedback, medication adherence, quality of life, peak expiratory flow, FEV1, adults
MeSH terms
Adult, Asthma, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Psychotherapy, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

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