Since the emergence of Corona Virus Disease 2019(COVID-19), it has spread rapidly aroundthe world, And it has had a profound impact on the lives and health of people around theworld, most of the COVID-19 positive patients are 3-4 weeks after the onset of infectionpatients can turn negative and recover, however, increasing observational data suggestthat these patients long-term or recurring symptoms such as: fatigue, palpitations,cognitive impairment, dyspnea, anxiety, chest tightness and Pain, etc., symptoms may lastat least two months or even longer (for example, up to 12 months), the patient's qualityof life and The ability to work and social activities also decline accordingly.Therefore, in addition to the acute symptoms after infection, patients also face thesame. The challenge of long-term health sequelae associated with COVID-19.
Relevant studies have shown that breathing training can improve the exercise capacity,
lung function, and respiratory rate of patients who have recovered from COVID-19.
Difficult and other aspects are safe and effective. However, because COVID-19 is an
emerging disease, the clinical research literature so far has limited Clinical data are
still insufficient, and the effect of respiratory training on the breathing and physical
function of COVID-19 patients has not been determined, and most of the patients are not
living in the hospital. How to carry out simple and effective breathing training to
reduce the long-term impact of COVID-19 on patients is worthy of continuous discussion.
This study will assist COVID-19 patients to perform respiratory training with incentive
spirometer intervention, and collect patients before and after the intervention Oxygen
requirements, blood draw values and Post-COVID-19 Functional Status scale(PCFS scale) and
other data to explore and evaluate the effect of interventional breathing training on the
improvement of symptoms of new coronary pneumonia, as a reference for future clinical
treatment and improvement of symptoms of COVID-19.
Device: breathing training
Breathing training for six weeks.
Other Name: Incentive Spirometer
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Patients who have recovered from COVID-19
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Have suffered from within one year. Those who have recovered from COVID-19 must
present proof of diagnosis, such as a medical certificate or screening results,
etc., and ICD10 when seeking medical treatment The diagnostic codes are: U07.1
Confirmed COVID-19 virus infection, U09.0 Severe specific infectious pneumonia
(COVID-19), unspecified.
2. adult, aged 20-90
3. conscious mind and behavior normal mental state examination (Mini-Mental State
Examination, MMSE) score > 21 points.
4. Those who can communicate in verbal or non-verbal ways and understand Chinese and
Taiwanese.
5. are willing to participate in the research and agree to accept random machine
dispatcher
Tri Service General Hospital Sonshan Branch
Taipei City, Taiwan
Yao-Hsiang Chen, Principal Investigator
Tri Service General Hospital Sonshan Branch