Combination of diaphragmatic breathing with therapeutic walking exercise to increase peak expiratory flow rate in asthma patients
Laily Widya Astuti1
Titih Huriah2
1.School of Nursing,Universitas Samawa,Sumbawa,Nusa Tenggara Barat 84316,Indonesia2.School of Nursing,Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta,Bantul,Yogyakarta 55184,Indonesia
摘要：Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of combined diaphragmatic breathing and therapeutic walking exercise on peak expiratory flow in asthma patients. Methods: The research design used a quasi-experiment nonequivalent pretest and posttest design. The research sample contained 38 respondents divided into intervention and control groups, selected by simple random sampling. The control group received standard drug therapy, while the intervention group received standard drug therapy and a combination of diaphragmatic breathing and therapeutic walking exercise for 2weeks. This exercise was carried out in the morning, 6 times a week, with 5 diaphragmatic breathing and exhalations per exercise. After that, a 1-min break was followed by a therapeutic walking exercise of 5–15min, with an increased duration. Both groups measured the peak expiratory flow before and after the intervention using a peak flow meter. The data analysis used central tendency and t-test. Results: The results showed that the mean peak expiratory flow in the intervention group was 306.84, while in the control group, it was 232.63, with the value of the t-test being -14.17 (P<0.0001). Conclusions: Diaphragmatic breathing and therapeutic walking exercise significantly increased the peak expiratory flow in asthma patients.
机标关键词：peakflowratewithasthmabreathingcombinationdiaphragmatic
论文发表日期：2022-12-30
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：6( 439-444 )
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