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Bubble PEP Training Among Patient With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Pulmonary Function Effects

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National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Chronic Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease With Exacerbation

Treatments

Device: bubble PEP

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

The morbidity rate of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is increasing year by year. It is predicted to be the third leading cause of death worldwide in 2030. People with COPD have a high risk of needing a ventilator due to the decline of lung function, the increase of secretions, the dysfunction of airway clearance, and the obstruction and loss of alveolar elasticity.

Full description

This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of cough and sputum assessment and respiratory physiological indicators after training with the Bubble positive expiratory pressure (Bubble PEP) inpatients with COPD. This is a randomization control trial design survey using convenient sampling and will be to select 94 inpatients with COPD in the division of chest ward of two teaching hospital in New Taipei City. The subjects who meet the conditions for admission are explained, and they need to sign a consent form confirming that they understand the risks. More, they are randomly divided into the experimental group (experimental group n=47) and the control group (control group n=47). The experimental group receives the Bubble PEP training; the control group receives the division of chest ward routine care. The study employs a structured questionnaire including a basic demography, COPD domain, COPD assessment test (CAT), cough and sputum assessment test, and check the peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) using it for data collection. The study needs to be approve by the Institutional Review Board. The two groups agreed to participate in the study, after completing the subject consent form before the intervention, they also received the pre-test as a benchmark for the intervention effect. After completing the 7-day and 30-day intervention, the post-test was performed immediately to understand the intervention immediate effect.

Enrollment

57 patients

Sex

All

Ages

40+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  1. Hospitalized patients diagnosed with COPD
  2. Over 40 years old
  3. Awareness and ability to read articles
  4. Agree to participate in this research and sign the research consent form

Exclusion criteria

  1. Use non-invasive positive pressure breathing apparatus
  2. Have received positive pressure breathing therapy before or during hospitalization
  3. People with mental illness
  4. Coughing up blood, pneumothorax
  5. Suffer from legally infectious respiratory diseases
  6. Pregnant women
  7. Reject the subject

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

57 participants in 2 patient groups

Bubble positive expiratory pressure training
Experimental group
Description:
The experimental group receives the Bubble PEP training.
Treatment:
Device: bubble PEP
general care
No Intervention group
Description:
The control group receives the division of chest ward routine care.

Trial documents
2

Trial contacts and locations

1

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