The Effect of 10 Repetitions of Deep Breathing Exercises

• Researchers carried out recruitment when the patient had undergone surgery.
• Researchers determine potential respondents who meet the inclusion criteria.
• Researchers explain to potential respondents the procedures, objectives, benefits and risks of the research being conducted.
• Researchers provide time and opportunity for potential respondents to confirm research procedures.
• The researcher provided an informed consent sheet as a form of respondent's agreement to their involvement in the research.
• Researchers determine respondents for the intervention and control groups.
• Respondents do a pretest. The pretest was administered by administering a sleep characteristics and quality questionnaire.
• Researchers provide education to patients regarding deep breathing exercise procedures.
• Respondents in the intervention group performed deep breathing exercises with 10 repetitions every 3 hours for 3 days. Respondents in the control group did 3 repetitions of deep breathing exercises.
• Respondents are monitored in the implementation process using a monitoring form.
• Respondents who completed the exercise will conduct a post-test assessment.

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who have undergone cardiac surgery, both on-pump and off-pump.
• The patient's hemodynamic condition is stable.
• More than equal to 18 years old.
• Able to communicate, read and write in Indonesian.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who receive sleeping medication or sedative therapy.