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Behavioral interventions as adjunctive treatments for chronic asthma
Progress in Behavior Modification
|January 1, 1986
Summary
Behavioral therapies like systematic desensitization, operant interventions, and biofeedback show promise for improving asthma management. However, more rigorous research is needed to confirm their effectiveness in clinical practice.
Area of Science:
- Behavioral medicine
- Psychology
- Pulmonology
Background:
- Asthma management often involves pharmacological treatments.
- Behavioral interventions are increasingly explored as adjunctive therapies.
- Previous research suggests potential benefits of behavioral approaches.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the behavioral literature on asthma therapy.
- To evaluate the efficacy of various behavioral interventions for asthma.
- To identify limitations in current research methodologies.
Main Methods:
- Systematic review of behavioral literature concerning asthma.
- Analysis of studies on systematic desensitization, operant interventions, biofeedback, and relaxation training.
- Assessment of reported outcomes on pulmonary functioning, symptomatology, and behaviors.
Main Results:
- Systematic desensitization, operant interventions, and biofeedback demonstrated success in altering asthma-related outcomes.
- Relaxation training showed limited effectiveness.
- Clinical usefulness of these behavioral techniques is not definitively established.
- Methodological limitations were identified in the reviewed research.
Conclusions:
- Behavioral interventions show potential as adjunctive treatments for asthma.
- Further methodologically sound research is required to establish definitive efficacy.
- Future studies should focus on robust research designs to clarify the role of behavioral therapies in asthma care.