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Teach-Back-Based Incentive Spirometry Training

NCT07730684 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2026-07-29

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Summary

Patients undergoing cardiac surgery may experience difficulty performing breathing exercises after surgery, which can increase the risk of respiratory complications. Incentive spirometry is a breathing exercise technique commonly used to support lung function; however, patients may not always perform this exercise correctly or frequently enough. This study aims to evaluate the effect of a structured incentive spirometry education program based on the teach-back method on patients' ability to perform the exercise correctly and their frequency of use after cardiac surgery.

This randomized controlled study will include 60 patients admitted for elective cardiac surgery at a university hospital in Türkiye. Participants will be randomly assigned to either a routine care group or an intervention group. Patients in the intervention group will receive structured incentive spirometry education using the teach-back method in addition to routine care, while the control group will receive routine care only. The ability to perform incentive spirometry correctly and the frequency of exercise use will be evaluated. The findings of this study may provide information about effective education strategies to improve postoperative breathing exercise practices in cardiac surgery patients.

Conditions

  • Cardiac Surgery Patients
  • Breathing Exercises

Interventions

OTHER

routine care

Participants will receive routine care without additional structured incentive spirometry education based on the teach-back method.

BEHAVIORAL

Structured Teach-Back-Based Incentive Spirometry Training

A structured teach-back-based incentive spirometry training program will be provided to patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The education aims to improve patients' ability to perform incentive spirometry correctly and increase the frequency of incentive spirometry use after surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aydin Adnan Menderes University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-30
Primary Completion
2026-02-15
Completion
2026-02-15

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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