TY - JOUR AU - Chatreewatanakul, Buntarika AU - Harnirattisai, Teeranut AU - Saksawadee, Wannee PY - 2019/05/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Effect of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Using the Elastic Band Practice Program to Enhance Pulmonary Function among Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients JF - Journal of Public Health Nursing JA - J Pub Health Nurse VL - 32 IS - 1 SE - Research Articles DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/phn/article/view/189313 SP - 157-172 AB - <p>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients often have dyspnea and exacerbation.<br>When patients have more exacerbations, their pulmonary function will decrease. The<br>purpose of this quasi-experimental design research was to study the effect of pulmonary<br>rehabilitation using the elastic band practice program assessed by the COPD self-efficacy<br>scale (CSES) and pulmonary function among 40 COPD patients from the Thammasat<br>Hospital. Patients were divided into 2 groups, with 20 patients in each group. The<br>experimental group received the program while the control group received routine care<br>only. The CSES was used to assess participants at pre-test, 4, and 8 weeks after the<br>program. Spiro metric assessment was also used at pre- and post-test. Data were analyzed<br>by percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation; Chi-square, Fisher’s exact test,<br>Repeated measures ANOVA, Paired t-test, and Independent t-test.<br>After program implementation, the experimental group had significantly improved<br>mean scores on the COPD self-efficacy scale as compared to the control group (p &lt; 0.05),<br>while the pulmonary functions (FEV1 and FVC) were not significantly different between the<br>experimental group and control group (p &lt; 0.001). However, the mean scores of FEV1 and<br>FVC of the experimental group did increase more than in the control group. Results<br>indicate the program had some positive effect and therefore should be continued for<br>COPD patients.</p> ER -