Ann Physiother Clin | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Research Article | Open Access
Anandhi D* and Divya P
Department of Physiotherapy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM College of Physiotherapy, India
Fulltext PDFBackground: Pulmonary complications are the most frequently occurring complications following cardiac surgeries. Chest physiotherapy along with incentive spirometry after surgery is directed towards maximal inspiration in an attempt to prevent atelectasis. Incentive spirometry is a device with visual feedback designed to achieve and sustained maximal inspiration. Various factors like age, gender, pulmonary complications, clinical diagnosis, type of surgery, type of incision, pain, etc., has an influence on the performance of incentive spirometry.
Objective: To find out factors influencing incentive spirometry values in patients undergoing thoracotomy.
Methods: Non experimental study design, observational type, 25 subjects with thoracotomy surgery were approached an inform consent was taken. All the subjects were given incentive spirometer along with conventional physiotherapy and incentive spirometry values are noted on 1st postoperative day and 7th post-operative day from the patients. Outcome measure: Incentive spirometry values.
Results: Statistical analysis was done by using chi-square test which showed statistically no significant association (p>0.05) between smoking, pulmonary disorders, associated problems, diagnosis, type of surgery and incentive spirometry values in the thoracotomy patient on 1st and 7th post-operative day. It shows statistically significant association (p<0.05) of gender with incentive spirometry values on 7th post-operative.
Conclusion: This study concluded that there is association between gender and performance of incentive spirometry but other factors like pain, age, diagnosis, type of incision, pulmonary complications does exhibit influence on the performance of incentive spirometer, which can be demonstrated with extensive study in future.
Incentive spirometry; Thoracotomy; Age; Gender, Type of incision; Pulmonary complications
Anandhi D, Divya P. Influence of Various Factors on the Incentive Spirometry Values in Patients Undergoing Thoracotomy. Ann Physiother Clin. 2018; 1(1): 1003.