NCT04568564

Telerehabilitation in Lung Surgery Patients

Telerehabilitation of Reduced Physiotherapy Service in SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Process in Lung Surgery Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Medipol University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this study, providing access to physiotherapy applications by telerehabilitation method and the effectiveness of this application will be examined for patients who have undergone lung surgery in the early postoperative period during the pandemic process in which social isolation continues.

Detailed description

* Patients who meet the inclusion criteria and agree to participate in the study will be included in the study. * Patients diagnosed with lung cancer and underwent thoracotomy will be randomly divided into Telerehabilitation Group (TGR) and Control (KG) groups. * Before the operation, enlightened and signed consent will be obtained from the cases, the first evaluations of the patients in both groups will be made and the first exercise training will be given to the telerehabilitation group. * The study group will be followed up every day during their hospitalizations and the final tests of both groups will be made before discharge. Long-term follow-up will be carried out in the 1st month and 3rd month after discharge.

Conditions

• Lung Cancer
• Physiotherapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Breathing exercise, intensive spirometry use, supported cough, progressive mobilisation and ambulation	The exercise program includes breathing exercises (chest-abdominal-lateral basal breathing; 10 repetitions), use of intensive spirometry (20 repetitions) and assisted coughing. Apart from this, a progressive mobilization program will be applied considering patient tolerance and hemodynamic parameters, starting after the patient is taken to the service room. The teleconference exercise call will be continued from the postop 1st day until discharge, twice a day.
OTHER	Exercise booklet	Patients will be interviewed by videoconferencing method at least 1 day before the operation, their first evaluation will be taken and an exercise booklet will be given.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-01
• Primary completion: 2024-12-01
• Completion: 2024-12-01
• First posted: 2020-09-29
• Last updated: 2025-04-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)