Investigating the Effect of Respiratory Exercise Diary on Pain in Cardiovascular Surgery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cardiovascular Surgery

• Registration Number: NCT06889935
• Lead Sponsor: Marmara University

Brief Summary

The study was carried out to evaluate the effect of respiratory exercise diary use on postoperative pain in patients undergoing elective cardiovascular surgery in a training and research hospital in Istanbul.

Detailed Description

The randomised controlled experimental study was conducted between 11 July 2024 and 11 January 2025 in the cardiovascular surgery inpatient wards of a training and research hospital in Istanbul. The study was conducted with a total of 74 patients, 37 in the control group and 37 in the intervention group. Data were collected by the researcher through face-to-face interviews with the patients. 'Patient Identification Form', "Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)", "Respiratory Exercise Diary" were used.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-07-11
• Primary Completion: 2025-01-11
• Study Completion: 2025-01-21
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Study First Submitted: 2025-03-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-03-16
• Study First Posted: 2025-03-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-26
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 74

Inclusion Criteria

• No barriers to verbal communication (mental, physiological and psychological)
• Patients undergoing elective cardiovascular surgery,
• Individuals who agreed to participate in the study,
• Patients whose haemodynamics are suitable for respiratory exercise

Exclusion Criteria

• Being in the intensive care unit after surgical intervention,
• Patients undergoing re-operation after surgical intervention,
• Those who do not accept the study or who want to leave during the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual analogue scale (VAS)	four days	VAS is a very common scale used for pain assessment in daily practice and in this assessment, pain averages ranging from 0 to 10 are given on a 10 cm straight line in a horizontal or vertical plane. In the scale used to determine the pain intensity of patients, pain is graded between 0 (no pain) and 10 (unbearable pain). Accordingly, while '0' indicates no pain, an average VAS value of less than 3 indicates mild pain, 3-6 indicates mild-moderate pain, and greater than 6 indicates moderate-severe pain. VAS is an accepted scale in the world literature that visually describes pain intensity, provides ease of use and consists of a single question.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Marmara Univesity; 🇹🇷 İstanbul, Maltepe, Turkey