Symptom reduction in kidney transplant patients from 20-minute mindful breathing: a randomized controlled trial.

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q2 UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY

BMC Nephrology Pub Date : 2025-04-16 DOI:10.1186/s12882-024-03820-7

Kai Wei Lim, Kok Peng Ng, Shok Hoon Ooi, Wei San Siow, Seng Beng Tan

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Abstract

Background: Many kidney transplant recipients continue to be affected by multiple symptoms even after their transplant. Mindfulness may be helpful to alleviate some of the symptoms.

Objectives: Our current study aimed to determine the efficacy of a single session of 20-minute mindful breathing in alleviating multiple symptoms in kidney transplant patients.

Methods: Adult kidney transplant patients with at least one symptom scoring ≥ 4/10 based on the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) were recruited from November 2020 to May 2021. Participants were randomly assigned to either 20-minute mindful breathing or control.

Results: Sixty participants were recruited and randomly assigned to intervention (N = 30) or control (N = 30). There was statistically significant greater reduction of the total ESAS score in the intervention group compared with the control group (mean difference = -4.833, confidence interval = -7.837, -1.830, t = -3.251, p = 0002).

Conclusion: Our results provided evidence that 20-minute mindful breathing could reduce multiple symptoms rapidly in kidney transplant recipients.

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20分钟正念呼吸减轻肾移植患者症状：一项随机对照试验。

背景：许多肾移植受者在移植后仍然受到多种症状的影响。正念可能有助于缓解一些症状。目的：我们当前的研究旨在确定单次20分钟正念呼吸在缓解肾移植患者多种症状方面的疗效。方法：于2020年11月至2021年5月招募至少有一项症状评分≥4/10的埃德蒙顿症状评估量表（ESAS）成人肾移植患者。参与者被随机分配到20分钟的正念呼吸组或控制组。结果：共招募60名受试者，随机分为干预组（N = 30）和对照组（N = 30）。干预组ESAS总分较对照组下降有统计学意义（平均差异= -4.833，可信区间= -7.837,-1.830,t = -3.251, p = 0002）。结论：我们的研究结果提供了证据，证明20分钟正念呼吸可以迅速减轻肾移植受者的多种症状。

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BMC Nephrology UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY-

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

0.00%

发文量

375

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

期刊介绍： BMC Nephrology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of kidney and associated disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.