The Experience of Learning Meditation and Mind/Body Practices in the COPD Population

Chan, Roxane Raffin; Lehto, Rebecca H.

doi:10.1016/j.explore.2016.02.004

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“…Types of relaxation techniques include autogenic relaxation [ 138 , 139 ], where both visual imagery and body awareness are used to reduce stress and improve fatigue and sleep quality, progressive muscle relaxation, involving slowly tensing and then relaxing each muscle group, reducing depression and anxiety symptoms [ 140 ], and visualisation, in which a visual journey to a peaceful, calming place or situation is taken through mental images [ 141 ]. Other relaxation techniques may include deep breathing [ 142 ], massage [ 143 ], distraction therapy [ 144 ], meditation [ 145 ], biofeedback [ 146 ], music and art therapy [ 112 , 147 ], aromatherapy [ 148 ], and hydrotherapy [ 149 ]. There is some evidence for the effectiveness of relaxation techniques in COPD, although results are inconsistent due to heterogeneous methodologies, time frames, instruments and samples [ 150 ].…”

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Nonpharmacological management of psychological distress in people with COPD

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Psychological distress is prevalent in people with COPD and relates to a worse course of disease. It often remains unrecognised and untreated, intensifying the burden on patients, carers and healthcare systems. Nonpharmacological management strategies have been suggested as important elements to manage psychological distress in COPD. Therefore, this review presents instruments for detecting psychological distress in COPD and provides an overview of available nonpharmacological management strategies together with available scientific evidence for their presumed benefits in COPD. Several instruments are available for detecting psychological distress in COPD, including simple questions, questionnaires and clinical diagnostic interviews, but their implementation in clinical practice is limited and heterogeneous. Moreover, various nonpharmacological management options are available for COPD, ranging from specific cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to multi-component pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programmes. These interventions vary substantially in their specific content, intensity and duration across studies. Similarly, available evidence regarding their efficacy varies significantly, with the strongest evidence currently for CBT or PR. Further randomised controlled trials are needed with larger, culturally diverse samples and long-term follow-ups. Moreover, effective nonpharmacological interventions should be implemented more in the clinical routine. Respective barriers for patients, caregivers, clinicians, healthcare systems and research need to be overcome.

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“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic disease characterized by progressive airflow obstruction leading to significant mortality and morbidity. [1][2][3][4][5][6] COPD affects the physical and emotional well-being of patients, and decreases the quality of life of patients due to its symptoms. 1,2,5 Today, COPD is a global and local health problem, and ranked 12th in the worldwide incidence of illness and fourth among the causes of death.…”

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6] COPD affects the physical and emotional well-being of patients, and decreases the quality of life of patients due to its symptoms. 1,2,5 Today, COPD is a global and local health problem, and ranked 12th in the worldwide incidence of illness and fourth among the causes of death. In addition, it is seen that patients need more family and social support as a result of physical and psychosocial constraints.…”

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“…In addition, it is seen that patients need more family and social support as a result of physical and psychosocial constraints. [4][5][6] There is prolonged treatment and lack of full recovery in COPD despite successful and rapid changes in the diagnosis, treatment, and care of chronic diseases. This reduces patient confidence in medical treatment.…”

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Combating With COPD by QiGong Physical and Mental Exercise

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2024

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Physical activity levels of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are low due to the symptoms of COPD. The patients diagnosed with COPD are headed for complementary and alternative treatments to reduce the COPD symptoms, facilitate the treatment, and increase their physical activity. One of these treatments is QiGong, which is not yet common in our country. QiGong is a type of exercise based on ancient Chinese medicine, and mainly consists of active and passive exercises. These exercises open energy channels in the body, and thus prevent and/or heal diseases by establishing energy balance in the body through meditation, breath control, and bodily exercises. According to a literature review abroad, there are a small number of scientific studies related the therapeutic effect of QiGong exercises on symptom control, anxiety, reduction of stress and depression, increase in physical activity and quality of life, and the development of lung function of patients with COPD. By considering the educative role of nurses, it is important that the nurse has adequate knowledge of the treatment and care of patients with COPD. Therefore, this review is compiled to be informative about the effects of QiGong in the treatment of COPD, and assistance to subsequent studies.

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“…[20][21][22] Additionally, meditation may also benefit to other stress-related medical diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, and chronic pain. [23][24][25] In 2013, the American Heart Association has recommended transcendental meditation as an alternative therapy for hypertension with level IIb evidence. [26] Meditation could reduce many indicators related to the metabolic syndrome, such as blood pressure, blood lipid levels, blood sugar level, glycosylated hemoglobin and body mass index (BMI).…”

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Meditation programs for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mei

Sun

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Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is intimately linked to chronic stress. Meditation programs belong to mind-body therapies, which could benefit patients' disease management. Though some clinical trials have proved that meditation programs have the ability to improve level of blood glucose quality of life, body mass index and blood indexes related to metabolism in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus, the efficacy of meditation programs needs further confirmation. Thus we will conduct this systematic evaluation and meta-analysis to summarize and analyze all the results included to obtain reliable evidence.Methods: We will search several English and Chinese databases for relevant clinical trials published up to July 2021, and randomized controlled trials or controlled trials among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus are included. Two reviewers will extract data and assess the quality of included studies independently. The main outcomes of this research are glycosylated hemoglobin level and fasting blood glucose level. The secondary outcomes are high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, body mass index, remission of depression and anxiety, and quality of life. Stata v.14.0 and Review Manager V5.3 will be used to synthesize and analyze all data included.Results: Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation will be used to evaluate the quality of the assessments. Our study will be disseminated through publications in peer-reviewed journals. Conclusion:This systematic review is the first to analyze the efficacy of different types of meditation for type 2 diabetes mellitus, which could provide evidence for the use of mediation programs as non-drug approaches.

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The Experience of Learning Meditation and Mind/Body Practices in the COPD Population

Cited by 11 publications

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Nonpharmacological management of psychological distress in people with COPD

Nonpharmacological management of psychological distress in people with COPD

Combating With COPD by QiGong Physical and Mental Exercise

Meditation programs for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

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