Clinical trial · Interventional
Effect of SMS Use on Postoperative Respiratory and Cough Exercise Compliance
Effect of SMS Reminder Use on Postoperative Respiratory and Cough Exercise Compliance of Patients After Lung Cancer Surgery
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Aim: This randomized controlled trial study aimed to evaluate the effect of SMS use on compliance with postoperative breathing and coughing exercises and patient satisfaction in patients undergoing pulmonary lobectomy for lung cancer surgery. Material and methods: In the study, 62 patients who underwent lobectomy in a university hospital's thoracic surgery clinic between 01.02.2022 and 03.04.2023. The intervention group was chosen to be the group that received SMS messages.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Surgery | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMS | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control group
- description
- The control group was chosen to be the group that did not receive SMS.
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- SMS group
- description
- The intervention group was chosen to be the group that received SMS messages.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: SMS
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- primary outcome measure
- timeFrame
- change from after implamentation 1st and 4rd days of operation.
- description
- The primary point of the study was defined as evaluating the effect of sending SMSs, on compliance with postoperative breathing and coughing exercises undergoing pulmonary lobectomy surgery.A postoperative exercise follow-up chart includes the breathing, coughing, triflow exercises performed by the patients on the 1st and 4th postoperative days and the hours of the exercises. The mean number of breathing and coughing exercises on the first and fourth postoperative days was recorded.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * undergoing elective pulmonary lobectomy, * having preoperative normal lung capacity (pulmonary function test result FEV1/FVC \>70%), * being compatible with the use of triflow, undergoing pulmonary lobectomy for the first time, * volunteering to participate in the study, * having mental competence, * not having Turkish communication problems, * having a personal mobile phone and accepting to send SMS, * being an adult (≥18) Exclusion Criteria: * If any SMSs are not received during the study period, the patient will be excluded from the study.
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