To assess the effectiveness of the Buteyko method as an adjunct therapy in the treatment of asthmatic children with mouth breathing.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
35
Intervention will be held twice a week during 3 weeks.
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Change in Sleep disturbance (questionnaire)
Sleep disturbance will be assessed by the sleep disturbance scale for children (SDSC).
Time frame: Baseline, three weeks later and six months after treatment
Change in spirometry (FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, FEF25-75%, PEF)
Time frame: Baseline, three weeks later and six months after treatment
Change in ventilometry (minute volume and vital capacity)
Minute volume and vital capacity (liters)
Time frame: Baseline, three weeks later and six months after treatment
Number of hospitalizations
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of three weeks and six months after treatment
Number of days off-school
Time frame: During the three weeks of treatment
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