Effect of Incentive Spirometer on post COVID-19 Patient’s Respiratory Outcomes

Abstract

Background: The respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 often persist in most patients with moderate to severe infection after recovery. Respiratory exercises help post COVID-19 in pulmonary recovery/rehabilitation. Aim: investigate the effect of incentive spirometer on post-COVID-19 patient's respiratory outcomes. Hypothesis: patients who had successfully used the incentive spirometer will have better respiratory outcomes 6 weeks after the isolation period. Design:Quasi experimental research design (pre and post-test-time serial). Subjects: 30 adult male and female patients with COVID-19 in a convalescent stage. Sample: Apurposive sample. Setting: one of the COVID 19 follow-up outpatient clinics. Results: the mean age of the studied sample was 47 2.984. Half of the studied sample had no chronic diseases and 16.7%had a history of hypertension. The majority of the studied sample 90.7% had dyspnea in the first assessment as compared to 40% in the fourth assessment. The current study represents a highly significant statistical difference between the four assessments regarding the numerical Dyspnea Scale and Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC