5.Clinical Effects of Spa Therapy on Bronchial Asthma. 6. Comparison among three kinds of spa therapies.
Fumihiro MITSUNOBU ; Hikaru KITANI ; Morihiro OKAZAKI ; Takashi MIFUNE ; Hiroyuki OKUDA ; Yoshiro TANIZAKI
The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine 1992;55(4):185-190
6.Effects of Salvia Officinalis Extract Bathing on Patients with Bronchial Asthma.
Morihiro OKAZAKI ; Hikaru KITANI ; Takashi MIFUNE ; Fumihiro MITSUNOBU ; Yoshiro TANIZAKI ; Toshio FUJIWARA ; Yoshimi KAWASAKI
The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine 1993;56(2):113-118
7.Clinical Effects of Spa Therapy on Bronchial Asthma. 7. Relationship between spa effects and airway inflammation.
Yoshiro TANIZAKI ; Hikaru KITANI ; Morihiro OKAZAKI ; Takashi MIFUNE ; Fumihiro MITSUNOBU ; Koji OCHI ; Hideo HARADA ; Ikuro KIMURA
The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine 1993;56(2):79-86
9.Distant Effect of Spa Therapy on Bronchial Asthma in Relation to Cellular Composition of the Airways and Ventilatory Function.
Yoshiro TANIZAKI ; Hikaru KITANI ; Takashi MIFUNE ; Fumihiro MITSUNOBU ; Kazuhiro KAJIMOTO ; Koji OCHI ; Hideo HARADA ; Ikuro KIMURA
The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine 1994;57(3):199-208
10.Effects of Spa Therapy on Psychological Factors in Patients with Bronchial Asthma.
Yoshiro TANIZAKI ; Hikaru KITANI ; Takashi MIFUNE ; Fumihiro MITSUNOBU ; Kazuhiro KAJIMOTO ; Satoshi YOKOTA ; Koji OCHI ; Hideo Harada
The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine 1995;58(3):153-159
Effects of spa therapy on psychological factors were examined in 15 patients with bronchial asthma (10 females and 5 males, mean age 55.0 years) by CMI (Cornell Medical Index), SDS (Selfrating Depression Scale), CAI (Comprehensive Asthma Inventory) and SD (Semantic Differential). The results of these psychological examinations were compared before and after spa therapy for 1-2 months.
1. In CMI, mean point of physical symptoms decreased from 37.7 before spa therapy to 29.7 after the therapy. Mean improvement rate of the symptoms was 73.3%. The mean improvement rate was observed in 60.0% of respiratory symptoms, 66.7% of CIJ symptoms and 46.7% in psychical symptoms.
2. In SDS, many patients showed more than 40 points, suggesting that they have depressive mental state. The mean point decreased from 42.9 to 40.7 by spa therapy.
3. In CAI, categories of mental state, extent of conditioning, suggestion, fear of expectation, dependency, frustration and flight into illness, were clearly improved by spa therapy.
4. It was shown in SD that character of patients changed with beneficial trend for therapy of asthma after spa therapy.
These results suggest that psychological disorders of patients with bronchial asthma are improved by spa therapy.
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