The Effect of Breathing Exercise Applied With Incentive Spirometer

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Breathing Exercises; Cardiac Surgery; Incentive Spirometry
• Interventions: Other: The pre- and post- surgical breathing exercise group; Other: The post-surgical breathing exercise group

• Registration Number: NCT06507163
• Lead Sponsor: TC Erciyes University

Brief Summary

It was conducted as a single-center, prospective, randomized controlled experimental study. Data were collected with the Introductory Information Form, Numerical Rating Scale, Physiological Parameters Follow-up Form and General Comfort Scale.

Detailed Description

It was conducted as a single-center, prospective, randomized controlled experimental study. Data were collected with the Introductory Information Form, Numerical Rating Scale, Physiological Parameters Follow-up Form and General Comfort Scale.The study was conducted in three groups. Individuals in the intervention-1 group were asked to perform breathing exercises with IS in addition to the routine practices of the clinic for 5 days in the postoperative period. Individuals in the intervention-1 group were asked to perform breathing exercises with IS in addition to the routine practices of the clinic for a total of 10 days, 5 days in the preoperative period and 5 days in the postoperative period. Individuals in the control group were given only the routine practice of the clinic.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-05-03
• Primary Completion: 2024-01-14
• Study Completion: 2024-01-14
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Study First Submitted: 2024-07-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-07-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-07-11
• Study First Posted: 2024-07-18
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

• Able to communicate in Turkish,
• undergoing cardiac surgery,
• no pain in the preoperative period (0 pain according to VA),
• have no problems with vision, hearing or speech,
• individuals who agreed to participate in the study were included.

Exclusion Criteria

• Using psychiatric medication,
• Using immunosuppressive medication until 30 days before surgery,
• with neuromuscular disorders,
• having rheumatic disease,
• have had pulmonary surgery before,
• with cerebrovascular injury,
• diagnosed with cardiovascular instability or aneurysm,
• Diagnosed with COPD,
• individuals who do not volunteer to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
The pre- and post- surgical breathing exercise group	The pre- and post- surgical breathing exercise group	Individuals in this group were asked to perform 10 breathing exercises with IS every waking hour in addition to the routine practices of the clinic for a total of 10 days, 5 days in the preoperative period and 5 days in the postoperative period.
The post-surgical breathing exercise group	The post-surgical breathing exercise group	Individuals in this group were asked to perform 10 breathing exercises with IS every waking hour in addition to the routine practices of the clinic for 5 days in the postoperative period.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain level	postop 1st and postop 5th day	Evaluated with Numerical Rating Scale (NRS). NRS is a scale between 0 and 10.
Partial oxygen pressure (PaO2)	postop 1st and postop 5th day	It is evaluated with a sample taken from arterial blood.
Forced Vital Capacity (FVC)	postop 5th day	It is measured with a device called spirometer.
Anxiety level	postop 1st and postop 5th day	Evaluated with Numerical Rating Scale (NRS). NRS is a scale between 0 and 10.
Comfort level	postop 1st and postop 5th day	It was evaluated with the General Comfort Scale. The scale is a four-point Likert type and contains a total of 48 items.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sevda Korkut; 🇹🇷 Talas, Kayseri, Turkey