Overview
Administration of a combined program for general (Mindfulness) and respiratory (Buteyko technique) relationship in patients with poorly controlled asthma and anxiety/stress to determine if it provides an improvement in current control and future risk of asthma.
Description
A Mindfulness relaxation program and a Buteyko technique respiratory rehabilitation program will be administered individually and weekly, in 10 sessions (5 face-to-face and 5 telematic sessions afterwards). Patients will be visited 4 times (at inclusion, one month, 6 months and 12 months after the double intervention), where data on asthmatic morbidity, pulmonary function (spirometry), bronchial inflammation (FENO) will be collected and some questionnaires will be administered.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of poorly controlled asthma
- In treatment with a combination of ICS/LABA at medium doses
- Anxiety and/or functional dyspnea
- Attended in the outpatient consultations of the Asthma Unit of the Pneumology and Allergy Service of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona
Exclusion Criteria:
- Severe asthma exacerbation in the last 30 days
- Severe disabling comorbidity
- Severe psychiatric illness
- Inability to complete questionnaires.