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Trial reportSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2024

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

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

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Satomi Kato DoiDepartment of Health Policy, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan.
Aya IsumiDepartment of Health Policy, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan.
Yui YamaokaDepartment of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan.
Shiori ShakagoriDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan.
Juri YamazakiDepartment of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan.
Kanako ItoCocokara Women's Clinic, Aichi, Japan.
Masahiro ShiomiAdvanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Kyoto, Japan.
Hidenobu SumiokaAdvanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Kyoto, Japan.
Takeo FujiwaraDepartment of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan. fujiwara.hlth@tmd.ac.jp.
Tokyo Medical and Dental University · JPAdvanced Telecommunications Research Institute International · JPThe University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology JPMJCR18A1Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 21K18294
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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

methodsWe 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.

resultsA 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 (η

conclusionsA 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 registrationUMIN000045262. (Registration Date: September 28th, 2021).

Indexed as

Sleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersSleep QualityAdultFemaleHumansJapanRespirationSleepAdverse childhood experienceBreathing relaxationHuggable human-shaped deviceHugvieSleep quality

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