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Effects of Deep Breathing Exercises Two Months After Cardiac Surgery

NCT01282671 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 357

Last updated 2014-06-05

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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.

Conditions

  • CABG
  • Valve Surgery

Interventions

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Swedish Research Council

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Örebro County Council

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Uppsala University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elisabeth Westerdahl, PhD, RPT · Region Örebro County

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-08-31
Completion
2012-08-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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