Educational Problems, Physiotherapy, Chest Physiotherapy
Conditions
Keywords
chest physiotherapy, physiotherapy, education, educational material, thoracotomy, chest, surgery, lung, exercise
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.
Interventions
OTHERChest physiotherapy
All patients will receive chest physiotherapy including Breathing exercise, intensive spirometry use, coughing, ambulation.
OTHEREducational material
Exercise brochure with photos and explanations
Sponsors
Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Intervention model description
The patients will randomize into 2 group
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Demographic features | 5 second | Patients demographic features will be ask to patient |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Contacts
Primary ContactEsra PEHLİVAN
Backup ContactArif Balcı, PT
Outcome results
None listed