• F Campbell and K Jones.
• Royal College of Nursing, Radcliffe Royal Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford, UK, OX2 6HE. fiona.campbell@rcn.org.uk
• Cochrane Db Syst Rev. 2000 Jan 1; 2000 (4): CD002154CD002154.

BackgroundTwo recent epidemiological studies have reported that children using non-feather pillows suffered from more frequent episodes of wheeze than those using feather pillowsObjectivesTo evaluate the efficacy of using feather bedding in the control of asthma symptoms.Search StrategyThe Cochrane Airways Group asthma clinical trials register, derived from MEDLINE, EMBASE and hand searching of major journals, was searched using the terms: feather OR bed* OR linen* OR pillowSelection CriteriaOnly randomised or controlled clinical trials were to be included.Data Collection And AnalysisNo trials met the inclusion criteria for the review.Main Results126 abstracts were identified. Ten of these were identified as possibly meeting the entry criteria, but on review of the full paper not were suitable. The reasons for exclusion were: not a randomised trial (n=6); allocation of bedding type combined with another intervention (n=4).Reviewer's ConclusionsWhilst recent epidemiological studies suggest that feather bedding is associated with less frequent wheeze than man-made fibre fillings, the evidence currently available is insufficient to assess the clinical benefits of feather bedding in the management of asthma.

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