NCT06078644

Respiratory Exercise Diary in Major Abdominal Surgery

Effect of Respiratory Exercise Diary Use on Pulmonary Complications and Functional Capacity in Major Abdominal Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: TC Erciyes University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Postoperative pulmonary complications are common and lead to increased morbidity and mortality in patients. These complications are observed especially after major surgical interventions. Breathing exercises performed with or without the use of a device are extremely important in preventing postoperative pulmonary complications. Breathing exercises that increase total lung capacity by encouraging the use of the diaphragm reverse alveolar collapse and postoperative hypoxemia. This study aim to determine the effect of postoperative respiratory exercise diary use in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery on dyspnea, fatigue, respiratory parameters (respiratory rate, SPO2, cough, sputum), early pulmonary complications, spirometry use and functional capacity.The research is planned to be conducted in a single-blind, randomized controlled manner. In the study, 60 patients (30 intervention and 30 control) who underwent major abdominal surgery will be included.Data will be collected using the Patient Introduction Form, Visual Analogue Scale, Medical Research Board Scale, 2-minute walk test, breathing exercise diary and patient follow-up chart.Patients in the intervention and control groups will be visited by the researcher for 3 postoperative days, respiratory parameters, cough, and sputum status will be recorded in the patient follow-up chart, and the use of a respiratory exercise diary will be evaluated.

Conditions

• Pulmonary Complication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	respiratory exercise diary	Patients in the intervention group will be asked to perform breathing exercises in the form of using a spirometer 10 times every hour during the preoperative period while they are awake for three days, starting from the first day after the surgery. Patients in this group will be given a breathing exercise diary.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-09
• Primary completion: 2025-12-01
• Completion: 2025-12-01
• First posted: 2023-10-12
• Last updated: 2026-04-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)