Singing for lung health in COPD: a multicentre randomised controlled trial of online delivery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Singing for lung health (SLH) is an arts-based breathing control and movement intervention for people with long-term respiratory conditions, intended to improve symptoms and quality of life. Online, remotely delivered programmes might improve accessibility; however, no previous studies have assessed the effectiveness of this approach.

Methods

We conducted an assessor-blind randomised controlled trial comparing the impact of 12 weeks of once-weekly online SLH sessions against usual care on health-related quality of life, assessed using the RAND 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Mental Health Composite (MHC) and Physical Health Composite (PHC) scores.

Results

We enrolled 115 people with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), median (IQR)

SUBMITTER: Philip KEJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11086531 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature