THE EFFECT OF INCENTIVE SPIROMETRY AND OSCILLATORY POSITIVE EXPIRATORY PRESSURE THERAPIES ON FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY, DYSPNEA, AND SATURATION IN BURN PATIENTS WITH INHALATION INJURY: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDY

Year 2024, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 57 - 61, 23.08.2024

Murat Ali Çınar , Kevser Göksu Başarici , Aleyna Sarıkaya , Kezban Bayramlar , Ahmet Erkiliç , Yavuz Yakut

https://doi.org/10.52831/kjhs.1483229

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of incentive spirometry (Triflo) and oscillatory positive expiratory pressure therapy (use of Acapella) in addition to standard pulmonary physiotherapy exercises on functional capacity, dyspnea, and saturation levels in burn patients with inhalation injury.
Method: A total of 24 patients hospitalized in the intensive care and service units of the Gaziantep City Hospital Burn Center were included in the study. Patients were divided into three groups using stratified randomization method. The first group received standard physiotherapy exercises in addition to medical and surgical treatment, the second group received incentive spirometry (Triflo) in addition to this standard treatment, and the third group received standard treatment+oscillatory positive expiratory pressure therapy (Acapella). All groups were followed for 4 weeks. Six-minute walk test (6MWT), dyspnea modified medical research council (MMRC) scale, and saturation values were compared for all groups before and after treatment.
Results: A total of 24 patients, 22 males and 2 females, aged 19-63 (38.66±16.77), were included in the study. When the initial and final week measurements of the six-minute walk test, dyspnea scale (MRC), and saturation values of all groups were compared, no difference was found (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Oscillatory positive expiratory pressure therapy (Acapella Use) and incentive spirometry (Triflo) can be given in addition to standard physiotherapy exercises in burn patients with inhalation injury. These exercises are equally effective in the functional capacity, dyspnea, and saturation levels of burn patients with inhalation injury.

Keywords

Burns, Inhalation, Exercise

Ethical Statement

The study received approval from the Non-Interventional Research Ethics Committee of Hasan Kalyoncu University, Faculty of Health Sciences, with approval number 2024/13 dated 19.02.2024. Informed consent forms, detailing the purpose and content of the study, were provided to each participant who is a citizen of the Republic of Turkey, and information was also provided to foreign nationals through interpreters. Participants who agreed to participate in the study confirmed their participation by signing the voluntary informed consent form.

Supporting Institution

The Scientific And Technological Research Council Of Türkiye (Tübitak) (2209- Project number: 1919B012215284)

Project Number

1919B012215284

Thanks

none

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