Importance of Exercise Educational Materials in Chest Physiotherapy

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Educational Problems; Chest Physiotherapy; Physiotherapy
• Interventions: Other: Chest physiotherapy; Other: Educational material

• Registration Number: NCT03992235
• Lead Sponsor: Istanbul Medipol University Hospital

Brief Summary

The patients who have undergone thoracotomy operation will include in the study. All patients have chest physiotherapy in the intensive care unit. Patients will be randomized and divided into two groups. One group will be given an exercise form with details and photographs of the exercises. No documents will be given to the other group. The program includes breathing exercises, incentive spirometry study, coughing and graded ambulation. After 1 intensive care session, patients are admitted to the service rooms due to routine procedures. The patients will be served in the afternoon and will be questioned whether they are performing their exercises or not.

Detailed Description

* Physiotherapy will be applied to patients undergoing thoracotomy after 24 hours of intensive care hospitalization.

* Patients will be randomized and divided into two groups. Study group will be given exercise form. Control group not.

* Physiotherapy program includes breathing exercises, incentive spirometry study, graded ambulation and both groups will receive this physiotherapy session in the intensive care unit..

* After the patients are admitted to the service rooms, a service visit will be performed, the amount of remembering of the exercises and whether the exercises are performed in a proper form will be questioned.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-06-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-06-18
• Study First Posted: 2019-06-20
• Status Verified: 2023-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-09-27
• Last Update Posted: 2023-09-28
• Study Start: 2024-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2024-09-01
• Study Completion: 2024-09-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Between 18-70 years
• Having undergone post-thoracotomy
• Hemodynamically stable,
• To be conscious

Exclusion Criteria

• Excessive pain
• Neurological complications
• Cardiovascular and musculoskeletal problems that prevent him from exercising
• Not wanting to be involved in the study
• Fever above 38 degrees

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control group	Chest physiotherapy	Chest physiotherapy
Study Group	Chest physiotherapy	Chest physiotherapy + educational material
Study Group	Educational material	Chest physiotherapy + educational material

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The number of exercises remembered	15 second	The number of remembered exercises will be asked by the patient to show the exercises and recorded by the physiotherapist.
The number of exercises done correctly	15 second	The number of exercises done correctly will be asked by the patient to show the exercises and recorded by the physiotherapist.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Demographic features	5 second	Patients demographic features will be ask to patient

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Yedikule Chest Disease Hospital; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Zeytinburnu, Turkey