NCT01282671

Effects of Deep Breathing Exercises Two Months After Cardiac Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 357 (actual)
• Sponsor: Uppsala University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Hypothesis: Deep breathing exercises performed during the first two months after cardiac surgery, will improve pulmonary function and patient-perceived quality of recovery. Specific aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of breathing exercises performed with a mechanical device for positive expiratory pressure during the first two months after cardiac surgery compared to a control group performing no breathing exercises. Design: A prospective, randomized, controlled two-center study.

Detailed description

Contribution: The study will be taken place at two University hospitals in Sweden. Uppsala university hospital (PhD, Registered physical therapist (RPT)) Margareta Emtner and RPT Charlotte Urell) and Örebro university hospital; (Elisabeth Westerdahl and RPT Marcus Jonsson). Time planning: Application to the Research Ethics Committee april 2007. Data collection 2007-2011. Statistical analysis and manuscript writing 2011.

Conditions

• CABG
• Valve Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Breathing exercises	On the fourth postoperative day the patients are randomly assigned to a Treatment group continuing to perform deep breathing exercises for 2 months postoperatively and to a Control group who will perform no breathing exercises after the third postoperative day. Patient management is otherwise similar in the groups. The patients in the Deep breathing group will be instructed to perform breathing exercises (3 x 10 deep breaths) 5 times a day (document compliance) during the two postoperative months. A Positive expiratory pressure (PEP) device PEP ventil, System 22 (Rium Medical, Täby, Sweden) is used to create an expiratory resistance of +10 cm H2O.

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-09-01
• Primary completion: 2012-08-01
• Completion: 2012-08-01
• First posted: 2011-01-25
• Last updated: 2014-06-05

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Sweden