Effect of Chest Physiotherapy on Clinical Outcome of Infants With Bronchiolitis

March 3, 2025 updated by: Shaimaa Shwan, Hawler Medical University

Effect of Chest Physiotherapy Educational Program on Mother's Knowledge, Practice and Clinical Outcomes of Infants With Bronchiolitis

The goal of clinical trial study is to evaluate effect of chest physiotherapy educational on mother's knowledge, practice and clinical outcomes of infants aged less than 12 months diagnosed with bronchiolitis by physician

The main questions aims to answer:

  • Does chest physiotherapy improve clinical outcomes of infants with bronchiolitis?
  • Does educational program improve mothers knowledge and practice regarding chest physiotherapy?

Researcher compare two groups one receive routine hospital care (control group) other receive chest physiotherapy applied by mothers in addition to routine hospital care and will be followed up for 3 days

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

40

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

  • Iraq
    • Kurdistan
      • Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq, 61002
        • Recruiting
        • Hawler Medical University
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 1. Mothers of infants diagnosed with bronchiolitis. 2. Presence of crackle on auscultation.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Children with contraindication of chest physiotherapy (ex. Fracture, recent surgery)
  2. Children who intubated and admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: control group
no intervention
Experimental: intervention group
chest physiotherapy
Other: chest physiotherapy
Chest Physiotherapy is including various techniques, in this study classical CPT was used to be applied to participants

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
change in Clinical Outcomes of Infants with Bronchiolitis
Time Frame: baseline
changing of oxygen saturation( SPO2) <90% to normal level SPO2>92%
baseline
change in physiological outcomes of Infants with Bronchiolitis
Time Frame: baseline
change in respiratory rate from abnormal to normal (0-3 month RR:35-55 3-6 month RR:30-45 6-12 month RR:25-40) breath per minute
baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Improvement in Knowledge of Mother's
Time Frame: After 3 days
after application of educational program expected to to improve mother's knowledge regarding chest physiotherapy
After 3 days
Improvement in practices of Mother's
Time Frame: After 3 days
after application of educational program expected to to improve mother's practice regarding chest physiotherapy
After 3 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Hawler Medical University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 1, 2025

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

September 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 29, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 3, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 3, 2025

Last Verified

March 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CPT

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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