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Effects of short-term breathing exercises on respiratory
recovery in patients with COVID-19- a quasi-experimental study
DIR By: LightMove
Date: October 25, 2021, 3:00 am
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Background:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious
respiratory tract disease. The most common clinical
manifestation of severe COVID-19 is acute respiratory failure.
Respiratory rehabilitation can be a crucial part of treatment
but data lack for patients with COVID-19. This study
investigates the effects of short-term respiratory
rehabilitation (i.e., breathing exercises) on respiratory
recovery among hospitalised patients with COVID-19.
Methods:
This quasi-experimental, pre-post-test study recruited 110
patients hospitalised with COVID-19. All patented received
standardised care, and 65 patients also received the
intervention (i.e., breathing exercises). Data on peripheral
oxygen saturation (SpO2), respiratory rate (breaths/minute) and
heart rate (beats/minute) and oxygen therapy requirement
(litre/min) were collected at baseline and 4-5 days after the
baseline assessment. Analysis of variance on repeated measures
was applied to compare the outcomes of two-time points.
Results:
The mean (±Standard deviation, SD) age of the intervention group
was 49.5 (±10.4) years and 73.8% were men. The mean (±SD) age of
the control group was 49.3 (±7.9) years and 62.2% were men.
After 4-5 days of respiratory rehabilitation SpO2 (96.7% ±2.1 vs
90.4% ±1.5), P<0.01), respiratory rate (20.5 ±2.4 vs 23.0 ±2.2)
breaths/minute, P<0.01), heart rate (80.5 ±9.2 vs 91.2 ±8.6)
beats/minute, P<0.01), and oxygen therapy requirement (0.4 ±0.98
vs 1.4 ±2.0) litre/min, P<0.01) improved in the intervention
group compared to the control group. The mean days of
hospitalisation for the intervention group and the control group
were 7.1 days vs. 14.6 days, respectively.
Conclusions:
Our results indicate that breathing exercise, even for a short
period, is effective in improving certain respiratory parameters
in patients with COVID-19. As a non-invasive and cost-effective
respiratory rehabilitation intervention, breathing exercise can
be a useful tool for a health care system overwhelmed by the
COVID-19 pandemic. These results should be considered
preliminary until they are replicated in larger samples in
different settings.
Therefore, you can choose to use a breathing training device,
such as OPUMP for standardized breathing training to help
respiratory rehabilitation
HTML https://theopump.com/
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