Abdominal Breathing for Depression, Anxiety, Heart Rate Variability in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients

NCT ID: NCT05594212

Last Updated: 2022-10-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 70 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-01-25
• Study Completion Date: 2022-09-24

Brief Summary

The research topic is to explore the effectiveness of abdominal breathing on improving of depression, anxiety, and heart rate variability in obstructive sleep apnea patients with depressive symptoms. This study method adopts an experimental research design and divided into experimental group and control group by random sampling. Experimental group receives abdominal breathing training, whereas control group without receiving abdominal breathing training.

Detailed Description

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a common chronic disease with frequent comorbidity of depression. When we use sedatives, antidepressants or hypnotics for the treatment of depression, these drugs may worsen symptoms of OSA leading to aggravation of original depressed moods. Therefore, the research topic is to explore the effectiveness of abdominal breathing on improving of depression, anxiety, and heart rate variability among obstructive sleep apnea patients with depressive symptoms. This study method adopts an experimental research design and divided into experimental group and control group by random sampling. Experimental group receives abdominal breathing training, whereas control group without receiving abdominal breathing training. The research is conducted with experimental and control groups. The effectiveness assessment will use the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and check the heart rate variability (HRV). Both groups received the pre-test before the abdominal breathing training. The post-test was carried out at the fourth and eighth weeks of training. The experimental group is given abdominal breathing training for a total of 8 weeks, with the training in the hospital once a week, 15 minutes for each time, in combination with self-training at home under videos guidance for 10 minutes per day (10 minutes, for one time or several times accumulated) .The expected result is through abdominal breathing, the depression, anxiety, and heart rate variability of OSA patients with depressive symptoms can improve, and even with less use of medication.

Conditions

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

The effectiveness of receiving abdominal breathing training

The effectiveness of receiving abdominal breathing training Training for 8 weeks (1 time a week, 15 minutes each time). Performed one-on-one by a trainer in a sleep center. At home, you can use the abdominal breathing training video to train yourself (10 minutes a day, can be divided into 10 minutes), and you need to fill in the abdominal breathing training log.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Abdominal breathing training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

In the sleep center, it is carried out in a one-on-one manner by the trainer. At home, self-training through abdominal breathing training videos (10 minutes per day, you can accumulate up to 10 minutes in divided doses)

The effectiveness of not receiving abdominal breathing training

The effectiveness of not receiving abdominal breathing training The trainer does not provide abdominal breathing training, does not perform abdominal breathing exercises at home, and does not need to fill in abdominal breathing training logs.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Abdominal breathing training

In the sleep center, it is carried out in a one-on-one manner by the trainer. At home, self-training through abdominal breathing training videos (10 minutes per day, you can accumulate up to 10 minutes in divided doses)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• aged 20-64 years old.
• Be able to communicate with Chinese and Taiwanese, and who can express themselves without barriers.
• A person who is clearly conscious and can perform breathing exercises autonomously.
• Patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (AHI≧5) according to polysomnography and depression score ≧14 points measured by Beck Depression Inventory-II (Chinese version).

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with COPD.
• Patients with suicidal ideation.
• Obstructive sleep apnea AHI≧60.
• Those who have learned abdominal breathing.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 64 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Cheng-Hsin General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Xuan-Yi Huang

RN, DNSc, Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Xuan-Yi Huang, DNSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Locations

Xuan-Yi Huang

Taipei, Peitou, Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

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Other Identifiers

(879)110A-25

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id