PENGARUH TEKNIK PERNAFASAN BUTEYKO TERHADAP FREKUENSI KEKAMBUHAN ASMA PADA PENDERITA ASMA BRONKHIAL DI UPT PUSKESMAS WILAYAH KERJA LIMA KAUM 1 KABUPATEN TANAH DATAR TAHUN 2017

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Asthma disease if not done prevention will result in relapse in asthma patients or recurrent
asthma attacks. Asthma attacks that often recur to limit the activity of the patient even
fatal. Therefore, patients need to undergo therapy to overcome them. One method to
improve the way of breathing in asthmatics is the technique of breathing buteyko. The
purpose of this research was to know the influenced the techniques of buteyko breath
toward frequencies of patients’ relapse asthma bronchial in UPT Puskesmas work district
Lima Kaum 1 Kabupaten Tanah Datar 2017 Year. The design of this research was pre
eksperimen by one group pretest –postest design approach. Sampling technique in this
study using purposive sampling with a total sample of 12 people. The results of statistical
tests showed that there was a difference in the frequency of recurrence of bronchial asthma
before and after given buteyko respiratory technique in bronchial asthma patients. The
implications of research results of asthma patients can perform buteyko breathing
techniques to reduce the recurrence of asthma