Clinical effectiveness of guided breathing exercises in reducing anxiety, stress, and depression in COVID-19 patients
Sara Sheikh, Asma Rostami, Azam Shahbazi, Fahime Abdollahi Nezhad, Omonabi Khazai, Azizollah Arbabisarjou · 2024
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COVID-19 left many patients with anxiety, stress, and depression that outlasted the infection itself. Sara Sheikh and co-authors tested a simple aid in 2024: guided breathing exercises. Sixty patients were split into two groups of thirty, one practicing the exercises and one receiving usual care, with mood measured before and after on a standard scale.
Anxiety and stress scores fell sharply in the breathing group, a change the tests rated as significant. Depression scores, however, did not fall in a meaningful way. The authors present guided breathing as a cheap, drug-free support for COVID-19 patients' distress, best used alongside other care. They note the small sample as a reason for further trials.
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| CREATOR | Sara Sheikh, Asma Rostami, Azam Shahbazi, Fahime Abdollahi Nezhad, Omonabi Khazai, Azizollah Arbabisarjou |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |