Effect of Prone Positioning in Patients With COVID-19

Sialkott College of Physical Therapy

Status: Completed

Conditions: Covid19

Treatments: Other: Prone Lying Position; Other: alternate nostril breathing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04710771

138-2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

COVID-19 is affecting the people around the world and the infected individuals' may either stay asymptomatic or present to hospitals with severe distress and life threatening symptoms. The objective of the study is to investigate role of Prone positioning and alternate nostril breathing in patients with Covid-19.

Full description

In this quasi experimental study, 30 patients aged 40-80 years of either gender with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 receiving supplemental oxygen were recruited from DHQ Hospital Faisalabad. patients were grouped into two A & B. We collected baseline data on demographics and anthropometrics. After baseline data collection, all the patients were helped into the prone position, which was maintained for a minimum duration of three hours. After that patients in group B performed alternate nostril breathing for 10 minutes with help of physiotherapist. Clinical data were re-collected on 3rd day of intervention one hour after returning to the supine position in group A and after alternate nostril breathing in group B. The main study outcome was the variation in oxygenation (partial pressure of oxygen [PaO2]/ fractional concentration of oxygen in inspired air [FiO2]) between baseline and resupination, and General psychological state through GAD-7 General anxiety disorder questionnaire.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age: 40-80 Gender: Both GCS score:15

Exclusion criteria

• COPD Intubated ARDS Smoker Neurological Disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Group-A

Experimental group

Description:

Patient performed prone lying position for three hours.

Treatment:

Other: Prone Lying Position

Group-B

Active Comparator group

Description:

along with Prone lying position, patients also performed alternate nostril breathing for ten minutes.

Treatment:

Other: alternate nostril breathing

Other: Prone Lying Position