The effect of 20-minute mindful breathing exercise on psychological well-being in epilepsy: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Autor: Lim KS; Neurology Division, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Fong SL; Neurology Division, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: fongsilei@gmail.com., Yu X; Neurology Division, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Lim YH; Neurology Division, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Wong KY; Neurology Division, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Lai ST; Department of Social Science, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Ng CG; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Tan CT; Neurology Division, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Tan SB; Palliative Medicine, Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Epilepsy & behavior : E&B [Epilepsy Behav] 2024 Jun; Vol. 155, pp. 109778. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 17.
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.109778
Abstrakt: Introduction: Depression and anxiety are prevalent in epilepsy patients, but psychiatric or psychological services may not be accessible to all patients. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of the 20-minute mindful breathing on the psychological well-being of PWE using an instructional video.
Method: This was a pilot, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled trial. The intervention group received a guided video and was briefed to perform the exercise twice a week for two weeks while the waitlist control group only received the video upon completion of the study. The subjects were assessed at three-time points (T0: Baseline, T1: 2 weeks after the intervention, T2: 4 weeks after intervention), using the Neurological Disorders Depression Index (NDDI-E), General Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-31) and Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS).
Results: Twenty patients were recruited, with 10 in the intervention and waitlist-control groups. Compared with the waitlist-control group, participants in the intervention group showed significant improvement in NDDI-E at T1 (p = 0.022) but not at T2 (p = 0.056) and greater improvement in GAD-7 at T1 and T2 but not statistically significant. The QOLIE-31 overall score in the intervention group has significantly improved at T1 (p = 0.036) and T2 (p = 0.031) compared to the waitlist-control group. For MAAS, the intervention group also had an increased score at T2 (p = 0.025).
Conclusion: The 20-minute mindfulness breathing exercise has an immediate effect in improving depression and quality of life among people with epilepsy.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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