Effects of Different Position Changes on Hemodynamic Parameters and Dyspnea Severity in Patients with Dyspnea

Authors : Ebru BAYSAL, Tulay SAĞKAL MİDİLLİ, Eda ERGİN

Pages : 261-267

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Publication Date : 2018-12-28

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: This study was planned to determine the effects of different position changes on hemodynamic parameters and dyspnea severity in patients with dyspnea. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study, using a one-group, pre-test and posttest design. From March-December, 2015, 58 pulmonary service patients who had been hospitalized due to dyspnea and various respiratory diseases were assessed for dyspnea severity, oxygen saturation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SpO2);, systolic blood pressure insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SBP);, diastolic blood pressure insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DBP);, heart rate insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HR); and respiratory rate insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RR);. Results: According to repeated measures variance analysis of patients in the prone and orthopnea position, there was no statistically significant difference between the measurement of dyspnea severity, O2 saturation, SBP, DBP, and RR. However, the HR of patients increased in the prone position and dyspnea severity was shown to be reduced in the orthopnea position. Conclusion: Comparing all the positions given to the patients, it was found that towards the 15th minutes, the orthopnea position had a positive effect on patients’ mean dyspnea severity, SBP and O2 saturation but a significant difference was observed only on the mean dyspnea severity.
Keywords : Change position, perception of dyspnea, hemodynamic parameters, prone position, orthopnea position