Exercise Training in Children With Corrective Cardiac Surgeries

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Quality of Life; Heart; Surgery, Heart, Functional Disturbance as Result; Congenital Heart Disease

Treatments: Other: CONTROL GROUP; Other: INTERVENTION GROUP

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05763238

Rec/01386 Kanwal Zaheer

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the effects of preoperative exercise therapy on postoperative cardiopulmonary outcomes and quality of life in children with corrective cardiac surgeries.Within literature there is limited evidence on preoperative exercise therapy in the pediatric population, positive results of the study can introduce a new tradition of preoperative exercise therapy and significantly reduce post-operative complications. Secondary complications would also be addressed in the study, a positive result can reduce the total costs by reducing hospital stays and improving the quality of life of child.

Full description

Cardiac surgeries are often associated with some post-operative cardiopulmonary complications most often cardiac arrhythmias, pulmonary atelectasis, and hospital induced pneumonia and reduced inspiratory capacities which can be reduced by exercise therapy this study is therefore significant not only for the determination of the effects of preoperative exercise therapy, it will also provide a path toward pre-habilitation followed by effective postoperative cardiac rehabilitation which is mostly lacking in many setups.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with congenital heart disease
• Undergoing elective corrective cardiac surgery
• Vitally stable

Exclusion criteria

• Having acquired heart disease or undergoing emergency cardiac surgeries
• Patients undergoing valvular repairing surgeries
• Functional status is limited due to conditions other than CHD or having any contraindications
• Inability to adhere to study protocols
• Participants who refused or withdrew from the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

Interventional Group

Experimental group

Description:

Preoperative Exercise therapy Patient Education, and post-operative conventional protocol.

Treatment:

Other: INTERVENTION GROUP

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patient Education, and post-operative conventional protocol.

Treatment:

Other: CONTROL GROUP