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The Effect of Breathing Exercise Applied With Incentive Spirometer

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Breathing Exercises
Cardiac Surgery
Incentive Spirometry
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.

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
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain levelpostop 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 levelpostop 1st and postop 5th day

Evaluated with Numerical Rating Scale (NRS). NRS is a scale between 0 and 10.

Comfort levelpostop 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.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sevda Korkut

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Talas, Kayseri, Turkey

Sevda Korkut
🇹🇷Talas, Kayseri, Turkey

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