NCT07030374

Effects of Conscious Connected Breathing Exercises on Fibromyalgia

Effects of Conscious Connected Breathing Exercises on Sexual Function, Sleep and Mood in Women With Fibromyalgia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Adana City Training and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Our aim in this study is to investigate the effects of conscious connected breathing exercises on sexual function, sleep, and mood in fibromyalgia patients. The investigators want to clearly show how breathing exercises affect sexual function, sleep, and mood in fibromyalgia patients by comparing the results from the control and study groups before and immediately after the sessions. By experiencing and learning breathing sessions, participants can do it on their own, wherever they want, without the need for a specific tool or examination, and change their lifestyle.

Detailed description

Natural CCB sessions were conducted 3 times monthly (every Monday) for approximately 1.5 hours from 16:30 to 18:00 pm by qualified breathing coach (GU). Volunteer participants were recruited randomly. Initially, they were apprised of the study's objectives and methodologies. Secondly, a researcher (GYO) gathered sociodemographic data to ascertain admission criteria. Demographic information, including the duration of follow-up since the diagnosis of FMS, chronic disease history, medications utilized, age, body mass index, and marital status, will be solicited and documented. Participants completed the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and Jenkins Sleep Rating Scale (JSS) and Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). The assessments will be administered again to the same participants following three sessions. The results of the pre- and post-surveys will be compared. Statistical analyses were conducted to compare the scores before and after the breathing exercises and evaluate the differences between the groups (study and controls). The control group consists of women diagnosed with fibromyalgia who did not participate in breathing sessions.

Conditions

• Fibromyalgia Syndrome
• Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire
• Breathing Pattern Disorder
• Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD)
• Sleep
• Anxiety State

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	conscious connected breathing exercises	conscious connected mouth breathing session where the diaphragm is activated

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-12-09
• Primary completion: 2025-04-14
• Completion: 2025-04-21
• First posted: 2025-06-22
• Last updated: 2025-06-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)