Improving Respiratory Function in Cardiac Surgery Patients: The Impact of Rhythmic Breathing Technique.

Phase 2/3

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Endocarditis and heart valve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere, (2) ICD-10 Condition: I248||Other forms of acute ischemic heart disease,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2024/02/062388
• Lead Sponsor: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur

Brief Summary

**Research Problem Statement**

Effect of rhythmic breathing on selected respiratory parameters of patients underwent cardiac surgery: A randomized controlled trial

**Research approach:**Quantitative research approach will be used in the present study

**Research design:**Randomised controlled trial (post-test only control group design)

**Target population:**Post-operative cardiac surgery patients

**Data collection procedure**

**Step 1: Enrolment**

The patients with CABG and Valve replacement at CTVS Department, AIIMS Jodhpur will be recruited and informed written consent will be obtained post-operatively from the patients for conducting the study. Confidentiality regarding the data will be assured so as to get cooperation throughout the procedure of data collection.

**Step 2: Baseline Data collection**

The baseline data will be collected post-operatively from both experimental & control group. It will include the sociodemographic variables & clinical profile sheet.

**Step 3: Randomisation**

Participants will be randomized into two groups, intervention and control group, by Block Randomization method.

**Step 4: Intervention:** Intervention will be provided post-operatively after extubating to the experimental group for 6 days.

Rhythmic Breathing technique: It will be provided three times a day for the duration of 15-20 minutes.

**Step 5: Collection of data:** The patients from both experimental & control group will be assessed for respiratory parameters on 7th day after rhythmic breathing technique. Interview technique will be used for the data collection for respiratory parameters datasheet. Breath holding time will be measured by the help of stopwatch & will be entered in the breath holding time datasheet. ABG will be assessed by the ABG machine & will be entered in the ABG datasheet. Findings of 6-MWT & BORG Scale will be entered in 6-MWT appendix.

**Plan for data analysis**

Statistical analysis will be performed using Statistical Package of Social Sciences Programme (SPSS). Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics will be used for data analysis. The level of significance will be set as p<0.05.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-02-15
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Age (18-65 years) 2.
• Patients who will be available and willing to participate in the study during data collection.
• Patients who can understand Hindi and English language.

Exclusion Criteria

• Critically ill patients with multiple disorders.
• Patients on mechanical ventilator.
• Patients with ongoing chest pain.
• Patients with arrhythmia needed for pacemaker and intra-aortic balloon •Patients with chronic heart failure.
• •Patient with post-operative renal failure.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Breath holding time & cardiopulmonary endurance	One time follow-up at 7th day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ABG Values	One time follow-up at 7th day

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur; 🇮🇳 Jodhpur, RAJASTHAN, India

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur

🇮🇳Jodhpur, RAJASTHAN, India

Dr Nipin Kalal

Principal investigator

8955945598

kalalnipin@gmail.com