Effectiveness of Applying Coughing Exercises during Prostration in Improvement of Pulmonary Parameters among COVID-19 Patients Using a Face Mask for Oxygen

Abstract

Background: Applying coughing exercises and patient’s position alteration are considered non-pharmacological nursing managements which are helping to enhancement exchange of gases also respiratory status, this is of benefit to some pulmonary indicators for the COVID-19 patients.

Method: a clinical trials study done from October, 11^th, 2021, to May, 17^th, 2022. To determine the Effectiveness of applying Coughing Exercises during Prostration in improvement of pulmonary Parameters on the sixty patients who were randomly selected.

Results: more than 60% of the patient was within the age of more than 60 years, 61% of study group was males and 46.7% for control group as well as, more than 36 % of the patients did not suffering from any chronic diseases, but  30% of them had asthma. 40% of patients had effect in bilateral peripheral part and central area. Additionally, the mean of the pulmonary parameters in the study group reported a statistically significant difference, whereas the control groups did not.

Conclusion: The COVID-19 patients' respiratory parameters were improved by the coughing exercises during prostration, and the beneficial effects persisted to more than 4 hours.