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What is Breathing exercises (such as respiratory therapy or using a meter)?

Category: Physical Therapy

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Breathing exercises may improve respiratory muscle function, help reduce the severity of breathlessness, and improve the ability to exercise.

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Reported purpose & perceived effectiveness
Purpose Patients Evaluations Perceived Effectiveness
Promote relaxation 13 5
Anxious mood 8 2
Stress 6 7
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 5 0
Breathing difficulty 3 0
Pain 3 0

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  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell
See all 248 patients that have gone to Breathing exercises (such as respiratory therapy or using a meter)

Side effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Side effects as an overall problem
Severity Evaluations Percentage
Severe 0
Moderate 0
Mild 1
None 13

Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Breathing exercises (such as respiratory therapy or using a meter)

Side effect Patients Percentage
Lightheadedness 1
Rapid breathing (hyperventilation) 1
Sleepiness 1

Why patients stopped taking Breathing exercises (such as respiratory therapy or using a meter)

Multiple reasons could be selected

Reason Patients Percentage
Course of treatment ended 4
Other 2
Did not seem to work 1
See all 7 patients who've stopped going to Breathing exercises (such as respiratory therapy or using a meter)

Duration

Stopped going to Breathing exercises (such as respiratory therapy or using a meter)

Duration Patients Percentage
Less than 1 month 3
6 months - 1 year 1
1 - 2 years 1
2 - 5 years 1
Adherence
Adherence Evaluations Percentage
Always 2
Usually 7
Sometimes 4
Never taken as prescribed 1
Burden
Burden Evaluations Percentage
Very hard to take 0
Somewhat hard to take 1
A little hard to take 6
Not at all hard to take 7
Cost per month
Cost per month Evaluations Percentage
$200+ 0
$100-199 0
$50-99 0
$25-49 0
< $25 6
Not specified 8

What people switch to and from

Patients started going to Breathing exercises (such as respiratory therapy or using a meter) after stopping:

Treatment Patients Percentage
Oxygen therapy 1
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