Trial reportObstetrics and gynecology2015
Device-guided slow-paced respiration for menopausal hot flushes: a randomized controlled trial.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Variation in menopausal vasomotor symptoms outcomes in clinical trials: a systematic review.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2020Pooled it
- Telehealth Interventions to Improve Obstetric and Gynecologic Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2020Pooled it
- Effect of breathing exercises on depression, sexual function, and exercise capacity in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Anxiety, depressive symptoms, and cardiac autonomic function in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with hot flashes: a brief report.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2018Trial
- Cardiac autonomic function and hot flashes among perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2017Trial
- Effectiveness of Telehealth in Obstetric and Gynecologic Care: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes.Cureus · 2024Review
- Existing Meditation and Breathing Devices for Stress Reduction and Their Incorporated Stimuli: A Systematic Literature Review and Competition Analysis.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Digital health · 2023Review
- Anxiogenic CO2 stimulus elicits exacerbated hot flash-like responses in a rat menopause model and hot flashes in postmenopausal women.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2016Article
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Menopause.Journal of evidence-based integrative medicineReview
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the efficacy of device-guided slow-paced respiration for reducing the frequency and severity of menopausal hot flushes.
methodsPerimenopausal or postmenopausal women reporting four or more hot flushes per day were recruited into a parallel-group, randomized trial of slow-paced respiration using a portable guided-breathing device. Women were randomly assigned to use a standard device to practice slowing their resting breathing rate to less than 10 breaths per minute for at least 15 minutes everyday or use an identical-appearing control device programmed to play relaxing nonrhythmic music while monitoring spontaneous breathing. The primary outcome, change in hot flush frequency over 12 weeks, was assessed using data from validated 7-day diaries abstracted by blinded analysts.
resultsAmong the 123 participants, mean age was 53.4 (±3.4) years. Women reported an average of 8.5 (±3.5) hot flushes per day at baseline. After 12 weeks, women randomized to paced respiration (n=61) reported an average reduction of 1.8 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.9-2.6) hot flushes per day (-21%) compared with 3.0 (95% CI 2.1-3.8) hot flushes per day (-35%) in the music-listening group (n=62) (P=.048). Paced respiration was associated with a 19% decrease in frequency of moderate-to-severe hot flushes compared with a 44% decrease with music listening (P=.02).
conclusionIn this randomized trial, women assigned to device-guided slow-paced respiration reported modest improvements in the frequency and severity of their hot flushes, but the paced respiration intervention was significantly less effective than a music-listening intervention in decreasing the frequency and severity of these symptoms. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: I.
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