Clinical trial NCT06461884: Combined Effects Of Percussion With Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises On Airway Clearance In Elderly Pneumonia Patients
Official title: Combined Effects of Percussion With Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises on Airway Clearance in Elderly Pneumonia Patients
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pneumonia
Keywords: CAP, Diaphragmatic breathing, Percussion and Pneumonia
Lead sponsor: Riphah International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-06-17
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 40
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The group A will receive percussions and diaphragmatic breathing with 1 session a day for 3 days in a week for 4 weeks. In this way total 12 sessions will be given to the patients. And group B will receive only diaphragmatic breathing with 1 session a day for total 3 days in a week for 4 weeks
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The group A will receive percussions and diaphragmatic breathing with 1 session a day for 3 days in a week for 4 weeks. In this way total 12 sessions will be given to the patients. And group B will receive only diaphragmatic breathing with 1 session a day for total 3 days in a week for 4 weeks. By this intervention procedure, I will find out the effects of these techniques on airway clearance of the pneumonia patients, their effect on the quality of life and on Dyspnea. For this I will use 4 tool questionnaires that are 1-BCSS, 2- Modified Borg Dyspnea scale, 3-Rate of perceived exertion scale, 4- Health-related Quality of Life-14. BCSS will be used to assess breathlessness, cough and sputum retention. Modified Borg Dyspnea scale is 0-10 rated numerical scale used to measure Dyspnea. RPE is a way to measure the level of exertion a person feels during physical activity. HRQOL-14 will assess the quality of life of the pneumonia patients.

Detailed description: It will be a randomized clinical trial. And the data will be conducted from Mayo Hospital Lahore. Convenient sampling technique will be applied on patients according to the inclusion criteria. Patients will be allocated through simple random sampling into group A and group B to collect data. For this purpose, I will divide my sample size into two groups. The group A will receive percussions and diaphragmatic breathing with 1 session a day for 3 days in a week for 4 weeks. In this way total 12 sessions will be given to the patients. And group B will receive only diaphragmatic breathing with 1 session a day for total 3 days in a week for 4 weeks. By this intervention procedure, I will find out the effects of these techniques on airway clearance of the pneumonia patients, their effect on the quality of life and on Dyspnea. For this I will use 4 tool questionnaires that are 1-BCSS, 2- Modified Borg Dyspnea scale, 3-Rate of perceived exertion scale, 4- Health-related Quality of Life-14. BCSS will be used to assess breathlessness, cough and sputum retention. Modified Borg Dyspnea scale is 0-10 rated numerical scale used to measure Dyspnea. RPE is a way to measure the level of exertion a person feels during physical activity. HRQOL-14 will assess the quality of life of the pneumonia patients. Before and after each session, the primary and secondary outcomes will be measured for both groups. After collecting the data, the data will be analyzed by using SPSS version 25.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients aged 40-60,

  * Both males and females
  * Those patients who will be vitally stable (oxygen saturation, respiratory rate)
  * Pneumonia diagnosed patients (Community Acquired Pneumonia)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with heart disease

  * Patients with neurological disorders such as: Alzheimer, epilepsy, Parkinson disease
  * Patients with orthopedic conditions
  * Other pulmonary complications (atelectasis, diaphragmatic injury, ARDS)

Primary outcomes:
measure: BCSS
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: HRQOL for quality of life
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Rated Perceived Exertion (RPE) Scale
timeFrame: 4 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lahore
country: Pakistan
facility: Mayo Hospital Lahore
state: Punjab
Study officials:
affiliation: Riphah International University
name: Sidra Faisal, PP-DPT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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