Singing for Breathing Research

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  A qualitative study exploring the perceptions of people with chronic respiratory conditions undertaking a group singing therapy

• IRAS ID

  170725

• Contact name

  Christine Eastwood

• Contact email

  christine.eastwood@wales.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Liverpool

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  14/WA/1265, REC

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 8 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  The study aims to investigate whether ‘Singing for Breathing’ can improve self perceived quality of life and health status for people with chronic pulmonary conditions.
  The singing intervention hopes to improve people’s ability to cope with chronic respiratory illness by

  • Practicing relaxation
  • Providing gentle physical exercise
  • Improving posture related awareness of habitual breathing patterns
  • Developing diaphragmatic breathing
  • Introducing a new form of psycho-social support
  • Developing confidence through enjoyment and sense of achievement

  This study plans to explore themes that reflect how participants perceive the singing sessions and why they are motivated to make the effort to attend them. The study will look at the participants’ perception of the above methods and aims to investigate which of the session elements are contributing to a perceived improvement of Quality of Life and Health Status in line with above listed outcomes and which elements may be problematic and need to be further developed and refined.

• REC name

  Wales REC 5

• REC reference

  14/WA/1265

• Date of REC Opinion

  19 Dec 2014

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion