Respiratory therapy for the treatment of anxiety: Meta-analytic review and regression.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Respiratory abnormalities are a hallmark of anxiety symptomatology and may serve as clinically useful modifiers for alleviating anxiety symptoms. However, gold-standard anxiety treatments (e.g., cognitive-behavioral interventions) often do not directly address respiratory components despite their theoretical utility and clinical accessibility. This review examined the clinical effectiveness of respiratory interventions, interventions that directly target respiration abnormalities and processes, in treating trait anxiety symptoms.

Methods

The final analysis included 40 randomized controlled trials including at least one measure of trait anxiety, a respiratory-focused intervention group, and a non-respiratory control-group (active or inactive treatment). Overall effe

SUBMITTER: Leyro TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8302658 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature