Effects of breathing exercise techniques on the pain and anxiety of burn patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

This systematic review and meta‐analysis aim to summarise the effect of breathing exercise techniques (BET) on the pain and anxiety of burn patients during burn care. A systematic search was performed on international electronic databases such as Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science, as well as on Ira...

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Published in:International wound journal 2023-08, Vol.20 (6), p.2360-2375
Main Authors: Miri, Sahar, Hosseini, Seyed Javad, Takasi, Poorya, Mollaei, Amirabbas, Firooz, Mahbobeh, Falakdami, Atefeh, Osuji, Joseph, Ghorbani Vajargah, Pooyan, Karkhah, Samad
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Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
breathing exercise
Burns
Case reports
Grey literature
Intervention
Keywords
Meta-analysis
pain
Pain management
Patients
Quality of life
Quasi-experimental methods
Review
Statistical analysis
Systematic review
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Summary:This systematic review and meta‐analysis aim to summarise the effect of breathing exercise techniques (BET) on the pain and anxiety of burn patients during burn care. A systematic search was performed on international electronic databases such as Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science, as well as on Iranian electronic databases such as Iranmedex and Scientific Information Database (SID) with keywords extracted from Medical Subject Headings such as ‘Burns’, ‘Bandages’, ‘Pain’, ‘Pain management’, ‘Anxiety’, ‘Breathing’, and ‘Breathing exercise’, which were performed from the earliest to 4 April 2022. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) critical appraisal checklist assessed the quality of randomised control trials (RCTs) and quasi‐experimental studies. The current meta‐analysis was performed using STATA V.14.0 software. A 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to determine significance levels. Random effect model was used to calculate the weighted mean difference (WMD). A total of 469 burn patients participated in 10 studies. Exactly 58.60% of burn patients were male, and the number of people in the intervention and control groups was equal. The mean age of burn patients was 32.84 (SD = 10.39). Exactly 78.05% of patients had second‐degree burns. The mean study duration was 19 weeks. Results of analysis of RCT studies showed BET decreased insignificantly pain severity (WMD: −1.17, 95%CI: −2.54 to 0.21, Z = 1.66, P = .096, I2:97.1%) in the intervention group than control group. However, the results of non‐RCTs studies indicated BET significantly decreased pain (WMD: −1.38, 95%CI: −2.16 to −0.61, Z = 3.49, P 
ISSN:1742-4801
1742-481X
DOI:10.1111/iwj.14057