Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

Diaphragmatic and pursed lip breathing are nonpharmacological approaches that designed to improvea ventilatoryefficiency, respiratory muscle function, and exercise tolerance, in turn improve asthma symptoms and quality of life among children. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of selected breathing retraining exercises on asthma symptoms control and quality of life among children. Time seriesquasi-experimental research design was utilized. A convenient sample of 30 children with bronchial asthma was recruited. The study findings revealed that the highest total mean score of asthma control were detectedbefore breathing retraining exercise which decreased significantly in immediate after the intervention and it begans to rise slightly again one month after. There were a highly statistically significant improvement in the total mean score of pediatric asthma quality of lifeacross immediate and one month after. The study concluded that selected breathing retraining exercises improving an asthma symptom control and quality of life among children. It is recommended that breathing retraining exercise can be used and integrated with the routine care for children with asthma with emphasize to be performed at home.