Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of a Child Life-Based Breathing Exercise Program for Children Recovering From Severe Pneumonia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

The goal of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a child life-based breathing exercise program for children recovering from severe pneumonia. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Is the child life-based breathing exercise program feasible for hospitalized children recovering from severe pneumonia?
• Can the program improve caregiver satisfaction and promote recovery in children with severe pneumonia?

Researchers will compare a child life-based breathing exercise program combined with routine health education with routine health education alone to determine whether the intervention improves rehabilitation outcomes.

Participants will:

• Receive either routine health education alone or routine health education combined with the child life-based breathing exercise program
• Participate in breathing exercise training during hospitalization
• Complete assessments of caregiver satisfaction and clinical recovery outcomes, including improvement in chest imaging findings and time to resolution of symptoms such as cough, fever, and dyspnea.