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SynthesisJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2013

Psychosocial factors and behavioral medicine interventions in asthma.

Thomas Ritz, Alicia E Meuret, Ana F Trueba, Anja Fritzsche, Andreas von Leupoldt

Registry-linked trialAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03481673 (COPE for Children With Asthma), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03481673 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

COPE for Children With Asthma: A Cognitive Behavior Skills-Building

TypeinterventionalSponsorOhio State UniversityRan2017 to 2018Enrolled33ConditionsChildhood Asthma, Childhood Anxiety Disorder, Childhood DepressionArmsCOPE for Asthma
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. A molecular systems architecture of asthma.Frontiers in immunology · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Context-specific genetic effects inform endotypes and treatment in asthma.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2026
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  5. Asthma: Biomedical and Psychobiological Perspectives.Biopsychosocial science and medicine · 2025
    Review
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  9. Sustained Effects From a School-Based Intervention Pilot Study for Children With Asthma and Anxiety.The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses · 2022
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  14. Physical Activity: A Missing Link in Asthma Care.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Thomas RitzDepartment of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, USA. tritz@smu.edu
Alicia E Meuret
Ana F Trueba
Anja Fritzsche
Andreas von Leupoldt

Funding

Targeting CO2 levels in breathing training for asthmaR01HL089761 · NHLBI · SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY · PI MEURET, ALICIA ESPERANZA, RITZ, THOMAS EKKEHARD · 2008 to 2011
$1.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL089761
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis review examines the evidence for psychosocial influences in asthma and behavioral medicine approaches to its treatment.

methodWe conducted a systematic review of the literature on psychosocial influences and the evidence for behavioral interventions in asthma with a focus on research in the past 10 years and clinical trials. Additional attention was directed at promising new developments in the field.

resultsPsychosocial factors can influence the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of asthma, either directly through autonomic, endocrine, immunological, and central nervous system mechanisms or indirectly through lifestyle factors, health behaviors, illness cognitions, and disease management, including medication adherence and trigger avoidance. The recent decade has witnessed surging interest in behavioral interventions that target the various pathways of influence. Among these, self-management training, breathing training, and exercise or physical activation programs have proved particularly useful, whereas other essential or promising interventions, such as smoking cessation, dietary programs, perception and biofeedback training, and suggestive or expressive psychotherapy, require further, more rigorous evaluation. Given the high comorbidity with anxiety and mood disorders, further evaluation of illness-specific cognitive behavior therapy is of particular importance. Progress has also been made in devising community-based and culturally tailored intervention programs.

conclusionIn concert with an essential medication treatment, behavioral medicine treatment of asthma is moving closer toward an integrated biopsychosocial approach to disease management.

Indexed as

AsthmaBehavioral MedicineHumansPsychotherapy

Identifiers

PMID23025250
PMCPMC6019133

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