The Effect of Singing or Playing Melodica in COPD Patients — COPD  

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Trial

Official title: The Effect of Singing or Playing Melodica on Disease Symptoms, Self-Efficacy Level and Exercise Capacity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Patients

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study to determine the effect of singing or playing melodica activity applied to chronic obstructive pulmonary patients on symptoms, self-efficacy level, and exercise capacity of patients.

Clinical Trial Description

The research was carried out in the chest diseases polyclinics of a hospital in Trabzon city center between September 2020 and August 2021 with 30 patients: 15 in the control group and 15 in the song/melodica group. Based on Pender's health promotion model, the control group received training and counseling for ten weeks, including face-toface training and telephone follow-up. According to Pender's health promotion model, patients in the song/melodica group were given face-to-face training once, singing/playing the melodica training twice, and counseling and follow-up over the phone twice, with 15- day intervals. The data were collected with a patient information form and scales examining disease symptoms, self-efficacy, and exercise capacity. To evaluate the data, ttest, Mann-Whitney U, ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis test were used for independent groups to evaluate changes over time, and paired two-sample t-test, Wilcoxon test, and ANOVA test were used in repetitive measurements for dependent groups.

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Lung Diseases, Obstructive
• Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

• NCT number: NCT05168241
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Karadeniz Technical University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2020
• Completion date: August 31, 2021