RT Journal Article
T1 Effect of a controlled diaphragmatic breathing session on perceived pain and state anxiety in people with chronic pain
A1 Serrano-Ibáñez, Elena Rocío
A1 Czub, Marcin
A1 Ortega Cordero, Cristina
A1 López-Martínez, Alicia Eva
A1 Ramírez-Maestre, María del Carmen
A1 Piskorz, Joanna
A1 Esteve-Zarazaga, Rosa
K1 Psicología
K1 Respiración
K1 Relajación
K1 Angustia
K1 Neuralgia
K1 Dolor
AB Chronic pain conditions are frequently comorbid with anxiety problems. The controlled diaphragmatic breathing techniquehas been applied in both conditions. However, few studies have examined its efficacy in reducing perceived pain and stateanxiety in the population with both pathologies. Thus, the study objective was to investigate the immediate effects of asingle-session diaphragmatic breathing intervention on perceived pain and state anxiety in a group of people with chronicpain. We analyzed the influence of sociodemographic variables, dispositional anxiety, average pain during the last week,respiratory rate, and inhalation/exhalation ratio. The sample comprised 169 people with chronic pain from Spain andPoland who were evaluated before and after performing an online controlled diaphragmatic breathing task. The Wilcoxontest showed significant decreases in state anxiety and perceived pain. Linear regression analyses revealed an associationbetween dispositional anxiety and pretest/posttest differences in state anxiety, as well as an association between both aver-age pain in the last week and nationality and pretest/posttest differences in perceived pain. We conducted an exploratoryanalysis of the differences between both countries in the study variables. We discuss the results and the relevance of furtherstudies on the efficacy of this technique in reducing perceived pain and state anxiety.
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/34351
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/34351
LA spa
NO Serrano-Ibáñez, E.R., Czub, M., Ortega Cordero, C. et al. Effect of a controlled diaphragmatic breathing session on perceived pain and state anxiety in people with chronic pain. Curr Psychol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06745-4
NO Funding for open access charge : Universidad de Málaga/CBUA
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 25 ene 2026