Investigating the Effect of Respiratory Exercise Diary on Pain in Cardiovascular Surgery

The study was carried out to evaluate the effect of respiratory exercise diary use on postoperative pain in patients undergoing elective cardiovascular surgery in a training and research hospital in Istanbul.

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Key information

Conditions

Cardiovascular Surgery Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pain, Postoperative Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Postoperative Complications Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Marmara Univesity

Istanbul, Maltepe, 34854, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

The randomised controlled experimental study was conducted between 11 July 2024 and 11 January 2025 in the cardiovascular surgery inpatient wards of a training and research hospital in Istanbul. The study was conducted with a total of 74 patients, 37 in the control group and 37 in the intervention group. Data were collected by the researcher through face-to-face interviews with the patients. 'Patient Identification Form', "Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)", "Respiratory Exercise Diary" were used.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

No barriers to verbal communication (mental, physiological and psychological)
Patients undergoing elective cardiovascular surgery,
Individuals who agreed to participate in the study,
Patients whose haemodynamics are suitable for respiratory exercise

Exclusion criteria

Being in the intensive care unit after surgical intervention,
Patients undergoing re-operation after surgical intervention,
Those who do not accept the study or who want to leave during the study.

Treatment and study plan

Exercise diary

Other

The respiratory exercise diary was prepared by reviewing the literature in order to record the time, number and frequency of respiratory exercises performed by patients with the use of a spirometer. On the first page of the diary consisting of two pages; the patient's name and surname, date of surgery, date of birth, how and how often to use the spirometer, and a pictorial information note to remind the position to be taken were included, while on the second page; the chart in which the patients would write the number of exercises they performed with the spirometer during the first three postoperative days opposite the relevant hour was included.

Other names: Respiratory exercise diary

Primary outcomes

Visual analogue scale (VAS)

Time frame: four days

VAS is a very common scale used for pain assessment in daily practice and in this assessment, pain averages ranging from 0 to 10 are given on a 10 cm straight line in a horizontal or vertical plane. In the scale used to determine the pain intensity of patients, pain is graded between 0 (no pain) and 10 (unbearable pain). Accordingly, while '0' indicates no pain, an average VAS value of less than 3 indicates mild pain, 3-6 indicates mild-moderate pain, and greater than 6 indicates moderate-severe pain. VAS is an accepted scale in the world literature that visually describes pain intensity, provides ease of use and consists of a single question.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Marmara University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Respiratory Exercise Diary Use on Postoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Cardiovascular Surgery

Important dates

Study start: 2024
Primary completion: 2025
Study completion: 2025
First posted: Mar 21, 2025
Registry last updated: Apr 1, 2025

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