Importance of Exercise Educational Materials in Chest Physiotherapy

Educational Problems Clinical Trial

Official title:

Importance of Exercise Educational Materials in Chest Physiotherapy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03992235
• Other study ID #: Educational material
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2024
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: September 2023
• Source: Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
• Contact: Esra PEHLIVAN
• Phone: +90 212 409 02 00
• Email: fztesrakambur[@]yahoo.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: September 1, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chest Physiotherapy
• Educational Problems
• Physiotherapy

Intervention

Other:
• Chest physiotherapy
All patients will receive chest physiotherapy including "Breathing exercise, intensive spirometry use, coughing, ambulation".
• Educational material
Exercise brochure with photos and explanations

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Yedikule Chest Disease Hospital	Istanbul	Zeytinburnu

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Istanbul Medipol University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The number of exercises remembered	The number of remembered exercises will be asked by the patient to show the exercises and recorded by the physiotherapist.	15 second
Primary	The number of exercises done correctly	The number of exercises done correctly will be asked by the patient to show the exercises and recorded by the physiotherapist.	15 second
Secondary	Demographic features	Patients demographic features will be ask to patient	5 second