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10.07.2023 | Psychiatrics • Original Article

The effect of breathing relaxation to improve poor sleep quality in adults using a huggable human-shaped device: a randomized controlled trial

verfasst von: Satomi Kato Doi, Aya Isumi, Yui Yamaoka, Shiori Shakagori, Juri Yamazaki, Kanako Ito, Masahiro Shiomi, Hidenobu Sumioka, Takeo Fujiwara

Erschienen in: Sleep and Breathing | Ausgabe 1/2024

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Abstract

Purpose

To examine whether or not breathing relaxation, using a huggable human-shaped device, improves poor sleep quality in adults.

Methods

We conducted a randomized controlled trial using outpatients with sleep problems from two clinics in Japan. The intervention group conducted three minutes of breathing relaxation using a huggable human-shaped device before going to bed every night for four weeks. Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), at pre-intervention, mid-intervention (2 weeks after pre-intervention), and post-intervention (4 weeks after pre-intervention). We employed intention-to-treat analysis.

Results

A total of 68 participants (mean [SD] age, 41.7 [11.4] years; 64 female [95%]) were randomly assigned to the intervention group (n = 29, mean [SD] age, 43.6 [9.5] years; 28 female [97%]) and the control group (n = 36, mean [SD] age, 40.3 [12.7] years; 36 female [95%]). The intervention group showed a significant decrease in the PSQI score compared to the control group (F = 3.81, p = 0.025, effect size (η²) = 0.057). Furthermore, we found the intervention to be more effective in participants without suicide risk and with a lower number of adverse childhood experiences (effect size (η²) = 0.080 and 0.160, respectively).

Conclusions

A novel psychological intervention, breathing relaxation using a huggable human-shaped device, may be effective to improve sleep quality among people with sleep problems, especially those without severe psychological symptoms.

Trial Registration: UMIN000045262. (Registration Date: September 28th, 2021).

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Titel: The effect of breathing relaxation to improve poor sleep quality in adults using a huggable human-shaped device: a randomized controlled trial
verfasst von: Satomi Kato Doi
Aya Isumi
Yui Yamaoka
Shiori Shakagori
Juri Yamazaki
Kanako Ito
Masahiro Shiomi
Hidenobu Sumioka
Takeo Fujiwara
Publikationsdatum: 10.07.2023
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in: Sleep and Breathing / Ausgabe 1/2024
Print ISSN: 1520-9512
Elektronische ISSN: 1522-1709
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-023-02858-5

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