Relaxation and Music Therapies for Asthma Among Patients Prestabilized on Asthma Medication

Author(s): Hochron, S. M., Mayne, T., Isenberg, S., Carlson, V., Lasoski, A. M., Gilchrist, J., Morales, D., Rausch, L.

Journal/Book: J Behav Med. 1994; 17: 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013. Plenum Publ Corp. 1-24.

Abstract: Assigned 106 medically prestabilized asthmatic patients to 8 sessions of progressive relaxation, music, or a waiting list. 72 Ss completed treatment, of which 37 were evaluated in the laboratory with measures of forced expiratory flow. Relaxation-group Ss reported feeling the most deeply relaxed and produced the greatest improvement in forced expiratory flow during the last presession assessment period. All groups showed decreases in asthma symptoms and in pulmonary function immediately after relaxation sessions. Therapeutic changes occurred only when training was rendered. Listening to music produced greater decreases in peaks of tension than progressive relaxation, and it produced greater compliance with relaxation practice, but it did not produce any specific therapeutic effects on asthma.

Note: Article PM Lehrer, Univ Med & Dent New Jersey, Rutgers Med Sch, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA

Keyword(s): Asthma; Relaxation; Music; Spirometry; Methacholine Challenge Test; Medication; INHALED BETA-2-ADRENOCEPTOR AGONISTS; PROGRESSIVE RELAXATION; BRONCHIAL-ASTHMA; PANIC-FEAR; SUBJECTIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; PULMONARY-FUNCTION; SELF-MANAGEMENT; ANXIETY; CHILDREN

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