Breathibg Exercises and Inhaler Trainingfor Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients

Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aerocele; COPD; Breathlessness

Treatments: Device: Inhaler training; Behavioral: Breathing exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04739488

Yasemin Ceyhan

Details and patient eligibility

About

The most common symptom of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is shortness of breath and causes a decrease in the patient's quality of life. The best way to relieve shortness of breath is inhaler therapy. However, it is known that patients frequently apply this treatment incorrectly. The aim of this study is to determine the effects of breathing exercises and inhaler training for COPD patients on the severity of dyspnea and life quality.

For this, two patient groups with a total of 67 people were included in the study. While one group was trained on inhaler drug use, the other group was taught breathing exercises in addition to the inhaler drug use training. Patients were asked to continue the practices they learned regularly for 4 weeks. At the end of the study, it was observed that shortness of breath decreased and the quality of life increased in both patient groups.

Enrollment: 67 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The individuals over the age of 18,
• Who had been diagnosed with COPD for at least three months,
• Using inhalers at least twice a day,
• Misusing their drug,
• Had not previously taken breathing exercise training
• Had not participated in a rehabilitation program

Exclusion criteria

• Mental disorders,
• Communication disabilities,
• Heart disease that could lead to dyspnea,
• Unstable angina

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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67 participants in 2 patient groups

Breathing exercise and inhaler training

Experimental group

Description:

This group were given pursed lip breathing exercise and inhaler training.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Breathing exercises

Device: Inhaler training

inhaler training

Experimental group

Description:

This group were given only inhaler training

Treatment:

Device: Inhaler training