An interventional study of Individual basic body awareness therapy and Respiratory physiotherapy interventions in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, sponsored by North District Hospital. Completed at 1 site in Hong Kong. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 100 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-01-06.
Sponsored by North District Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a burden to health care and economic systems globally, to manage this preventable and treatable disease, different pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions were shown to be effective.
Chronic and progressive dyspnea, cough and sputum production are the characteristic symptoms of COPD. The most commonly encountered symptom in patients with COPD is dyspnea, it is a subjective experience of breathing discomfort . It causes impact on patient's health status, sleep quality, anxiety and depression level. Therefore, skills transfer in self-managing major symptoms are crucial to prevent negative consequences, and as suggested by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD), managing symptoms and to prevent future risk of exacerbations is important for stable COPD cases.
Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) is a physio-therapeutic intervention directed toward patients' functional movement quality. The development of BBAT was based on the hypothesis of persons' lacking contact with and lacking awareness on their own body, with their inner life, external environment and in the relation to other persons. Thus, it leads to dysfunctional movement, pain and other body functions. BBAT focus on multi-perspective within a person including physical, physiological, psycho-social-cultural and existential perspectives. It directs patients to be "aware", guides patients to have mental contact with their body, monitors internal sensations and external environment, and thus, to enhance the self-regulated behavior and positive emotional state.
There are three key components in practicing BBAT, namely balance, free breathing and mental awareness. Evidence shown that the effect of BBAT is significant in improving physical and psycho-social well-being in patients with different physical and mental disorders. Now, there is absence of evidence in applying BBAT in managing cases with respiratory diseases, especially for those with prominent symptoms of dyspnea (for example COPD cases).
The objectives of this study are (1) to evaluate individual BBAT as an add-on treatment in patients with COPD, (2) to understand COPD patients' experience through participating in individual Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT).
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This study's enrollment of 25 is below the median of 62 across 3,839 interventional studies indexed under Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: long-term lung disease that makes it hard to breathe out, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: long-term lung disease that makes it hard to breathe out, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
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In intervention group, one extra physiotherapeutic intervention, Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT), will be provided before ending each visit (on top of basic and advanced respiratory physiotherapy interventions as control group). Each BBAT last for 30-45 minutes. Therapist will verbally guide patients to perform twelve simple and soft movements, including lying, sitting, standing, walking and relational movements in a quiet and secured environment. Therapist will allow patients to explore the movement and the experience. Therapist will also guide patients in shifting focus between balance, free breathing and mental awareness Following principles in BBAT, BBAT movements will be selected for patients as home exercises.
Other: Individual basic body awareness therapy · Other: Respiratory physiotherapy interventions
Both basic and advanced respiratory physiotherapy interventions, including respiratory muscles training, breathing techniques, bronchial hygiene maintenance, assisting in non-invasive ventilation therapy and oxygen therapy titration, are provided according to assessment findings. There is an eight-week training program for both groups, therapist will provide one home visit per week and continuously for eight weeks for each patient.
Other: Respiratory physiotherapy interventions
Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) is a physiotherapeutic intervention directed toward patients' functional movement quality. The development of BBAT was based on the hypothesis of persons' lacking contact with and lacking awareness on their own body, with their inner life, external environment and in the relation to other persons. Thus, it leads to dysfunctional movement, pain and other body functions. BBAT focus on multi-perspective within a person including physical, physiological, psycho-social-cultural and existential perspectives. It directs patients to be "aware", guides patients to have mental contact with their body, monitors internal sensations and external environment, and thus, to enhance the self-regulated behavior and positive emotional state.
Comprehensive physical and psycho-social assessment and treatments are included. Both basic and advanced respiratory physiotherapy interventions, including respiratory muscles training, breathing techniques, bronchial hygiene maintenance, assisting in non-invasive ventilation therapy and oxygen therapy titration, are provided according to assessment findings.
Modified Medical Research Council scale for breathlessness
mMRC is used to establish patients' baseline functional impairment due to dyspnea, scale from 0 to 4, with 0 indicates only get breathless with strenuous exercise, and 4 indicates too breathless to leave the house or I am breathless when dressing/undressing
Time frame: 2 months
Dyspnoea-12 (Chinese version)
Dyspnoea-12 is used to measure patients' dyspnea severity, scale range, 0-36, with a high score indicating worse dyspnea
Time frame: 2 months
St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (Chinese version)
St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire is used to measure patients' health-related quality of life, Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more limitations.
Time frame: 2 months
COPD Self-Efficacy Scale (Chinese version)
COPD Self-Efficacy Scale contains 34 items, each item rated by Likert 5-level score ranges from 1 point (completely unconfident) to 5 points (completely confident).
Time frame: 2 months
6 minutes walking test
6 minutes walking test is used to assess patients' functional capacity, the outcome is measuring distance covered and counts in meters, with higher meters covered indicates a better functional capacity
Time frame: 2 months
Ran from Aug 2022 to primary completion in Jul 2023, 11 months.
Of 1,094 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, half reached primary completion within 22 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 41. This study's 11 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 1,181 studies reached it within 22 months; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 39.
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