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.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
Group A: Percussions and diaphragmatic breathing exercise will be performed with 1 session a day for total 3 days in a week for 4 weeks
Group B: Diaphragmatic breathing exercise will be performed with 1 session a day for total 3 days in a week for 4 weeks
Mayo Hospital Lahore
Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan
RECRUITINGBCSS
BCSS: BCSS is a patient-reported three-item questionnaire for cough, breathlessness and sputum rating on a 5-point Likert scale from 0 (no symptoms) to 4 (severe symptoms).
Time frame: 4 weeks
HRQOL for quality of life
One of the many factors frequently investigated in the realm of medical research and treatment is HRQOL. It covers a broad spectrum of man experience, contains how we operate and how we perceive illness. The World Health Organization defines health as a condition of whole physical, intellectual, and interpersonal well-being and not just the absence of disease, which is the foundation for modern interpretations of HRQOL.
Time frame: 4 weeks
Rated Perceived Exertion (RPE) Scale
Rate of perceived exertion (RPE) is used to measure how hard your body works during physical activity. It runs from 0 - 10, using numbers to rate how much effort an activity takes. The RPE scale can help you manage exercise intensity and improve cardio training and endurance
Time frame: 4 weeks
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