{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10"],"submitter":["Lord VM"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Despite optimal pharmacological therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation, patients with COPD continue to be breathless. There is a need to develop additional strategies to alleviate symptoms. Learning to sing requires control of breathing and posture and might have benefits that translate into daily life.<h4>Methods</h4>To test this hypothesis we performed a randomised controlled trial, comparing a six week course of twice weekly singing classes to usual care, in 28 COPD patients. The experience of singing was assessed in a qualitative fashion, through interviews with a psychologist. In addition, we surveyed patients with chronic respiratory conditions who participated in a series of open singing workshops.<h4>Results</h4>In the RCT, the physical component score of the SF36 "],"journal":["BMC pulmonary medicine"],"pagination":["41"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC2920262"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Singing teaching as a therapy for chronic respiratory disease--a randomised controlled trial and qualitative evaluation."],"pmcid":["PMC2920262"],"pubmed_authors":["Kelly JL","Evans A","Lord VM","Hume VJ","Polkey MI","Hopkinson NS","Flude EJ","Cave P"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Singing teaching as a therapy for chronic respiratory disease--a randomised controlled trial and qualitative evaluation.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Despite optimal pharmacological therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation, patients with COPD continue to be breathless. There is a need to develop additional strategies to alleviate symptoms. Learning to sing requires control of breathing and posture and might have benefits that translate into daily life.<h4>Methods</h4>To test this hypothesis we performed a randomised controlled trial, comparing a six week course of twice weekly singing classes to usual care, in 28 COPD patients. The experience of singing was assessed in a qualitative fashion, through interviews with a psychologist. In addition, we surveyed patients with chronic respiratory conditions who participated in a series of open singing workshops.<h4>Results</h4>In the RCT, the physical component score of the SF36 ","dates":{"release":"2010-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2010 Aug","modification":"2025-06-01T01:12:11.638Z","creation":"2025-06-01T01:12:11.638Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC2920262","cross_references":{"pubmed":["20682030"],"doi":["10.1186/1471-2466-10-41"]}}