The use of personal protective equipment is mandatory for healthcare workers caring patient with COVID-19. To maximise the reduction of virus spread during clinical procedures involving the presence of healthcare workers, it is also recommended to patients to wear surgical facemask. Routine clinical procedures include cardio-pulmonary and strengthening exercises. During these exercises, the wearing of a face mask may be difficult to tolerate by patients, especially since they experience breathing difficulties due to the illness. Therefore, this study aims to verify the effects of the surgical facemask on breathing difficulties and exercise performance during a 1-minute sit to stand test.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
28
The 1-minute sit-to-stand test will be realized with or without a surgical facemask covering the face of the patient with COVID-19
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc
Brussels, Belgium
Changes in dyspnea level
The Modified Borg dyspnea scale will be used to estimate dyspnea This scale range from 0 (no dyspnea) to 10 (maximal dyspnea)
Time frame: Before, immediately after and 2 minutes after the sit-to-stand test
Changes in respiratory rate
Respiratory rate will be measured using two inductive plethysmography belts
Time frame: Before, immediately after and 2 minutes after the sit-to-stand test
Changes in heart rate
Heart rate will be measured using a pulse oximeter
Time frame: Before, immediately after and 2 minutes after the sit-to-stand test
Changes in pulsed oxygen saturation (SpO2)
SpO2 will be measured using a pulse oximeter
Time frame: Before, immediately after and 2 minutes after the sit-to-stand test
Number of sit-to-stand repetition
The number of repetitions will be manually counted
Time frame: 1 minute
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