Importance of Exercise Educational Materials in Chest Physiotherapy

NCT ID: NCT03992235

Last Updated: 2023-09-28

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-09-01

Study Completion Date

2024-09-01

Brief Summary

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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

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* 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.

Conditions

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Educational Problems Physiotherapy Chest Physiotherapy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The patients will randomize into 2 group
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Study Group

Chest physiotherapy + educational material

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Chest physiotherapy

Intervention Type OTHER

All patients will receive chest physiotherapy including "Breathing exercise, intensive spirometry use, coughing, ambulation".

Educational material

Intervention Type OTHER

Exercise brochure with photos and explanations

Control group

Chest physiotherapy

Group Type OTHER

Chest physiotherapy

Intervention Type OTHER

All patients will receive chest physiotherapy including "Breathing exercise, intensive spirometry use, coughing, ambulation".

Interventions

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Chest physiotherapy

All patients will receive chest physiotherapy including "Breathing exercise, intensive spirometry use, coughing, ambulation".

Intervention Type OTHER

Educational material

Exercise brochure with photos and explanations

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Istanbul Medipol University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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esra pehlivan

Ass.Prof, PT, PhD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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ESRA PEHLİVAN, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

SBÜ

Locations

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Yedikule Chest Disease Hospital

Istanbul, Zeytinburnu, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

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Esra PEHLİVAN

Role: CONTACT

+90 212 409 02 00 ext. 2828

Arif Balcı, PT

Role: CONTACT

+90 212 409 02 00 ext. 2828

Facility Contacts

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Esra Pehlivan

Role: primary

+902124090200

Other Identifiers

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Educational material

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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