Pneumonia
Conditions
Keywords
CAP, Diaphragmatic breathing, Percussion and Pneumonia
Brief summary
The group A will receive percussions and diaphragmatic breathing with 1 session a day for 3 days in a week for 4 weeks. In this way total 12 sessions will be given to the patients. And group B will receive only diaphragmatic breathing with 1 session a day for total 3 days in a week for 4 weeks. By this intervention procedure, I will find out the effects of these techniques on airway clearance of the pneumonia patients, their effect on the quality of life and on Dyspnea. For this I will use 4 tool questionnaires that are 1-BCSS, 2- Modified Borg Dyspnea scale, 3-Rate of perceived exertion scale, 4- Health-related Quality of Life-14. BCSS will be used to assess breathlessness, cough and sputum retention. Modified Borg Dyspnea scale is 0-10 rated numerical scale used to measure Dyspnea. RPE is a way to measure the level of exertion a person feels during physical activity. HRQOL-14 will assess the quality of life of the pneumonia patients.
Detailed description
It will be a randomized clinical trial. And the data will be conducted from Mayo Hospital Lahore. Convenient sampling technique will be applied on patients according to the inclusion criteria. Patients will be allocated through simple random sampling into group A and group B to collect data. For this purpose, I will divide my sample size into two groups. The group A will receive percussions and diaphragmatic breathing with 1 session a day for 3 days in a week for 4 weeks. In this way total 12 sessions will be given to the patients. And group B will receive only diaphragmatic breathing with 1 session a day for total 3 days in a week for 4 weeks. By this intervention procedure, I will find out the effects of these techniques on airway clearance of the pneumonia patients, their effect on the quality of life and on Dyspnea. For this I will use 4 tool questionnaires that are 1-BCSS, 2- Modified Borg Dyspnea scale, 3-Rate of perceived exertion scale, 4- Health-related Quality of Life-14. BCSS will be used to assess breathlessness, cough and sputum retention. Modified Borg Dyspnea scale is 0-10 rated numerical scale used to measure Dyspnea. RPE is a way to measure the level of exertion a person feels during physical activity. HRQOL-14 will assess the quality of life of the pneumonia patients. Before and after each session, the primary and secondary outcomes will be measured for both groups. After collecting the data, the data will be analyzed by using SPSS version 25.
Interventions
OTHER, Diaphragmatic breathing exercise
Group B: Diaphragmatic breathing exercise will be performed with 1 session a day for total 3 days in a week for 4 weeks
OTHERPercussions
Group A: Percussions and diaphragmatic breathing exercise will be performed with 1 session a day for total 3 days in a week for 4 weeks
Sponsors
Riphah International University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Intervention model description
The group A will receive percussions and diaphragmatic breathing with 1 session a day for 3 days in a week for 4 weeks. In this way total 12 sessions will be given to the patients. And group B will receive only diaphragmatic breathing with 1 session a day for total 3 days in a week for 4 weeks
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients aged 40-60, * Both males and females * Those patients who will be vitally stable (oxygen saturation, respiratory rate) * Pneumonia diagnosed patients (Community Acquired Pneumonia)
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with heart disease * Patients with neurological disorders such as: Alzheimer, epilepsy, Parkinson disease * Patients with orthopedic conditions * Other pulmonary complications (atelectasis, diaphragmatic injury, ARDS)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rated Perceived Exertion (RPE) Scale | 4 weeks | Rate of perceived exertion (RPE) is used to measure how hard your body works during physical activity. It runs from 0 - 10, using numbers to rate how much effort an activity takes. The RPE scale can help you manage exercise intensity and improve cardio training and endurance |
| BCSS | 4 weeks | BCSS: BCSS is a patient-reported three-item questionnaire for cough, breathlessness and sputum rating on a 5-point Likert scale from 0 (no symptoms) to 4 (severe symptoms). |
| HRQOL for quality of life | 4 weeks | One of the many factors frequently investigated in the realm of medical research and treatment is HRQOL. It covers a broad spectrum of man experience, contains how we operate and how we perceive illness. The World Health Organization defines health as a condition of whole physical, intellectual, and interpersonal well-being and not just the absence of disease, which is the foundation for modern interpretations of HRQOL. |
Countries
Pakistan
Contacts
Primary ContactIqbal Tariq, PHD
Backup Contactimran amjad, PHD
Outcome results
None listed