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<bold>Objective:</bold> This study aimed to determine the effect of combined diaphragmatic breathing and therapeutic walking exercise on peak expiratory flow in asthma patients.
<bold>Methods:</bold> 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 2 weeks. 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 5–15 min, 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 <italic>t</italic>-test.
<bold>Results:</bold> 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 <italic>t</italic>-test being −14.17 (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.0001).
<bold>Conclusions:</bold> Diaphragmatic breathing and therapeutic walking exercise significantly increased the peak expiratory flow in asthma patients.
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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 2 weeks. 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 5–15 min, 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.

Combination of diaphragmatic breathing with therapeutic walking exercise to increase peak expiratory flow rate in asthma patients

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Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of combined diaphragmatic breathing and therapeutic walking exercise on peak expiratory flow in asthma...

Characteristics	Intervention group (n = 19), n (%)	Control group (n = 19), n (%)	P-value*
Age			0.328
Late adult	10 (52.6)	7 (36.8)
Early elderly	9 (47.4)	12 (63.8)
Gender			0.631
Male	3 (15.8)	2 (10.5)
Female	16 (84.2)	17 (89.5)
Occupation			0.589
Housewife	8 (42.1)	9 (47.4)
Farmer	10 (52.6)	10 (52.6)
Entrepreneur	1 (5.3)	0
Highest level of education			0.671
No school	2 (10.5)	1 (5.3)
Elementary school	5 (26.3)	3 (15.8)
Junior high school	2 (10.5)	4 (21.1)
Senior high school	10 (52.6)	11 (57.9)
Body mass index			0.345
Underweight	1 (5.3)	0
Normal	7 (36.8)	12 (63.2)
Overweight	7 (36.8)	5 (26.3)
Obese	4 (21.1)	2 (10.5)

Variable	Intervention group (n = 19)			Control group (n = 19)
Variable	Min-max	Mean ± SD	P-value*	Min-max	Mean ± SD	P-value*
Pre test PEFR	190–250	216.32 ± 17.71	0.0001	190–230	205.79 ± 12.16	0.0001
Post test PEFR	280–350	306.84 ± 19.45		210–250	232.63 ± 11.94

Combination of diaphragmatic breathing with therapeutic walking exercise to increase peak expiratory flow rate in asthma patients

Article Category: Original Article

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2022

Pages: 439 - 444

Reçu: 13 janv. 2022

Accepté: 23 mai 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0035

Mots clés
asthma, diaphragmatic breathing, peak expiratory flow, therapeutic walking exercise, walking exercise

© 2022 Laily Widya Astuti et al., published by Sciendo

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Participants’ sociodemographic characteristics (N = 38).

Effect of the combination of diaphragmatic breathing exercise with therapeutic walking exercise on PEFR (N = 38).

Combination of diaphragmatic breathing with therapeutic walking exercise to increase peak expiratory flow rate in asthma patients

Article Category: Original Article

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2022

Pages: 439 - 444

Reçu: 13 janv. 2022

Accepté: 23 mai 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0035

Mots clésasthma, diaphragmatic breathing, peak expiratory flow, therapeutic walking exercise, walking exercise

© 2022 Laily Widya Astuti et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Participants’ sociodemographic characteristics (N = 38).

Effect of the combination of diaphragmatic breathing exercise with therapeutic walking exercise on PEFR (N = 38).

Mots clés
asthma, diaphragmatic breathing, peak expiratory flow, therapeutic walking exercise, walking exercise