EVALUATING THE EFFICIENCY OF BREATHING EXERCISES PERFORMED BY POST-COVID TELEMEDICINE: Randomized Controlled Study

Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Covid19

Treatments: Other: Breathing exercise; Other: Breathing exercise with the phone application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04771598

123458

Details and patient eligibility

About

As an important non-drug intervention in the treatment of respiratory tract diseases, respiratory rehabilitation training is increasingly accepted in clinical practice. The purpose of pulmonary rehabilitation is not only to improve the physical and mental conditions of the patient, but also to help the patient return to the family and society more quickly.

In light of the widely documented lung injuries associated with COVID-19, concerns are raised regarding the assessment of lung injury in discharged patients. As an important non-drug intervention in the treatment of respiratory diseases, respiratory rehabilitation training is increasingly being accepted in clinical practice The purpose of pulmonary rehabilitation is not only to improve the physical and mental conditions of the patient, but also to help the patient return to the family and society more quickly.

The aim of the study; It is aimed to evaluate the efficiency of breathing exercise in individuals with COVID-19.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age or older and who received / will receive treatment with the diagnosis of COVID 19 and completed 2 months after the diagnosis of COVID 19
• Patients who applied to the Pulmonary Diseases outpatient clinic with complaints of dyspnea
• FEV1 / FVC <80%, FVC <80%, FEV1 <80%, FEF25-75> 50% and / or Patients with respiratory distress in daily living activities

Exclusion criteria

• FEV 1 <50%, FEF 25-75 <50% detected oxygen saturation <85% at rest,
• moderately severe heart failure,
• has a disease that restricts its mobilization,
• psychiatric illness,
• advanced stage liver, advanced stage renal failure,
• Myocardial infarction within 4 months
• having a history of unstable angina
• active infectious disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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52 participants in 2 patient groups

İntervention

Experimental group

Description:

Respiratory exercises will be instructed to the individuals forming the intervention group and participants will be asked to do 3 times a day during one month and the exercises will be done by the researchers together with the individuals by establishing a connection with the phone application (zoom, watsapp) once a week from home. In terms of physical activity, the patient will be encouraged to participate in the program by suggesting exercises such as walking and cycling at least three times a week for 20 minutes per week

Treatment:

Other: Breathing exercise with the phone application

Control

Other group

Description:

Breathing exercises will be explained to the control group and visual material will be given. The participants will be asked to do 3 times a day during one month. In terms of physical activity, the patient will be encouraged to participate in the program by suggesting exercises such as walking and cycling at least three times a week for 20 minutes per week

Treatment:

Other: Breathing exercise