Breathing exercises for anxiety in heart transplant ICU patients
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study is testing whether simple breathing exercises can help ease anxiety for people who are in the ICU waiting for a heart transplant. If you feel anxious while waiting, learning a calming breathing technique might help you feel better.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are currently in the cardiac ICU waiting for a heart transplant.
- You have been feeling anxious or stressed — the study team will check this with a short questionnaire.
- You are comfortable speaking, reading, and writing in English (the study is only in English right now).
- You are able to give your own permission (consent) to take part.
- You do not have active confusion, delirium, severe mental health crisis, or a current stroke that makes it hard to learn breathing exercises.
- You are not on a breathing machine (ventilator) right now.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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