Breathing exercise before chest tube removal after heart surgery
Part of Lungs & breathing, Mental health, Pain clinical trials.
This study tests whether a simple breathing exercise called box breathing can help reduce pain or discomfort when a chest tube is removed after open-heart surgery. If you are having a chest tube removed, this might help you feel more comfortable.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have had open-heart surgery and have a chest tube that needs to be removed.
- You are 18 years or older.
- You are awake, alert, and able to cooperate.
- You can read and understand Turkish.
- You are medically stable and not on a breathing machine.
- You have no more than three chest tubes.
- You do not have a psychiatric condition and are not taking psychiatric medications.
- You are not receiving extra painkillers beyond routine care or local anesthesia at the tube site.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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