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NCT Number: NCT06460610

Comparative Effects of Blow Bottle and Acapella Along With Diaphragmatic Breathing in Patients With Pneumonia

Pneumonia is the inflammation of lung parenchyma involving lungs alveoli and is a leading cause of lower respiratory tract infections and deaths around the globe and the number rises greatly after the Covid-19 pandemic. The Symptoms of Pneumonia is cough, fever, dyspnea, myalgia, altered blood gas ratio, and mental alteration. Treatment and management of this disease varies from patient to patient according to its severity stages .Blow Bottle supports the patient to remove excess secretions to increase pressure in the airways. This opens up the passageways in bronchioles, air behind the mucus push it into the larger airways .It will be easy to remove mucus by coughing or huffing. Hypoximia is a clinical feature of Pneumonia that requires a fraction of inspired oxygen FiO2 of 0.50 to maintain an oxygen saturation of 92%. This research of randomized clinical trial will check the comparative effects of Blow Bottle Technique and Acapella along with Diaphragmatic Breathing in patients with Pneumonia by taking sample of 50 patients through Non Probability convenience sampling and randomly allocating them to two groups A and B out of which A will receive both Blow Bottle and Diaphragmatic Breathing training, B will receive Acapella with Diaphragmatic Breathing upto the duration of 3 days per week for upto 4 weeks. Pre and post training outcomes of pulmonary function will be measured through BCSS ,Oxygen Saturation through Pulse Oximeter, and disease severity through Pneumonia severity index, and Who QOL questionnaire. The data will be analyzed through SPSS 21

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Key information

Conditions

Pneumonia Infections Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections

Age range

40 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Jinnah hospital Lahore

Lahore, Punjab Province, 54000, Pakistan

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Sidra Afzal, PP-DPT

CONTACT

[email protected]

03124378540

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients in the acute pneumonia
  • Age40-60 years.
  • Both male and female
  • Patients with unstable health conditions
  • Participants were willing to participate

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with physical or cognitive limitations.
  • Patients with a history of chronic respiratory conditions such as COPD, bronchitis, or asthma
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women. Individuals with musculoskeletal or neurological conditions
  • Patients with contraindications to chest percussion therapy, such as recent surgery or trauma to the chest area.
  • Patients with severe Pneumonia requiring immediate care

Treatment and study plan

Blow Bottle technique

Other

Patients sit at a table with comfortable position Hold the bottle with one hand and the tube with the other Put the tube in mouth by holding lips firmly Breath in through nose and out through mouth Blowing enough water is bubbled Short Breaks for 2 to 3 mints When mucus rises up get out of it by coughing or huffing

Acapella along with Diaphragmatic Breathing

Other

Device which uses a counter weighted plug and magnet to create airway oscillations Acapella combines the effects of PEP therapy and airway vibrations and mobilize to clear pulmonary secretions Facilitates opening of airways in patients with lung disease. Patients instructions to close the mouth piece making surety to no leakage of air. Take a long breath in nose and blow out through the Acapella ,feel vibrations on chest. Duration of performing this technique 3 days a week for 20 mints per day, 4 weeks regular

Primary outcomes

  1. Pulse Oximeter

    Time frame: baseline and fourth week

    Pulse oximetry is a noninvasive test that measures the oxygen saturation level of your blood

  2. Who QOL Questionnaire

    Time frame: baseline and fourth week

    Quality of life Each individual item of the WHOQOL-BREF is scored from 1 to 5 on a response scale, which is stipulated as a five-point ordinal scale. The scores are then transformed linearly to a 0-100-scale The physical health domain includes items on mobility, daily activities, functional capacity, energy, pain, and sleep.

  3. Breathlessness, Cough and Sputum Scale

    Time frame: baseline and fourth week

    The Breathlessness, Cough and Sputum Scale (BCSS) is used to predict patient exacerbations by evaluating common symptoms identified in the COPD population. The BCSS have 24 items concerning beliefs about the self and others that are assessed on a five-point rating scale (0-4).Four scores are obtained: negative-self (six items), positiveself (six items), negative-others (six items) and positive-others (six items)

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

IMRAN AMJAD, PHD

CONTACT

[email protected]

03324390125

IQBAL TARIQ, PHD

CONTACT

[email protected]

03338236752

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Riphah International University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Jun 14, 2024
Registry last updated
Jul 16, 2024

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