Importance of Exercise Educational Materials in Chest Physiotherapy

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The patients who have undergone thoracotomy operation will include in the study. All patients have chest physiotherapy in the intensive care unit. Patients will be randomized and divided into two groups. One group will be given an exercise form with details and photographs of the exercises. No documents will be given to the other group. The program includes breathing exercises, incentive spirometry study, coughing and graded ambulation. After 1 intensive care session, patients are admitted to the service rooms due to routine procedures. The patients will be served in the afternoon and will be questioned whether they are performing their exercises or not.

Detailed Description
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Physiotherapy will be applied to patients undergoing thoracotomy after 24 hours of intensive care hospitalization. Patients will be randomized and divided into two groups. Study group will be given exercise form. Control group not. Physiotherapy program includes breathing exercises, incentive spirometry study, graded ambulation and both groups will receive this physiotherapy session in the intensive care unit.. After the patients are admitted to the service rooms, a service visit will be performed, the amount of remembering of the exercises and whether the exercises are performed in a proper form will be questioned.

Official Title
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Importance of Exercise Educational Materials in Chest Physiotherapy

Conditions
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Educational Problems, Physiotherapy, Chest Physiotherapy

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Chest physiotherapy
* Other: Educational material


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Between 18-70 years Having undergone post-thoracotomy Hemodynamically stable, To be conscious Exclusion Criteria: Excessive pain Neurological complications Cardiovascular and musculoskeletal problems that prevent him from exercising Not wanting to be involved in the study Fever above 38 degrees

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 75 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: The patients will randomize into 2 group
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Study Group<br>Chest physiotherapy + educational material | Other: Chest physiotherapy<br>* All patients will receive chest physiotherapy including Breathing exercise, intensive spirometry use, coughing, ambulation.<br>Other: Educational material<br>* Exercise brochure with photos and explanations<br>|
| Other: Control group<br>Chest physiotherapy | Other: Chest physiotherapy<br>* All patients will receive chest physiotherapy including Breathing exercise, intensive spirometry use, coughing, ambulation.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The number of exercises remembered | The number of remembered exercises will be asked by the patient to show the exercises and recorded by the physiotherapist. | 15 second | 
| The number of exercises done correctly | The number of exercises done correctly will be asked by the patient to show the exercises and recorded by the physiotherapist. | 15 second | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Demographic features | Patients demographic features will be ask to patient | 5 second | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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chest physiotherapy, physiotherapy, education, educational material, thoracotomy, chest, surgery, lung, exercise