Benefit of educational feedback for the use of positive expiratory pressure device.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Positive expiratory pressure (PEP) is regularly used as a self-administered airway clearance technique.

Objective

The aim of this study was to evaluate the need to teach the correct use of the PEP device and to measure the progress of the success rate of the maneuver after training.

Method

A PEP system (PariPEP-S Sytem) was used to generate PEP in 30 healthy volunteers. They were instructed by a qualified physical therapist to breathe correctly through the PEP device. Then they were evaluated during a set of ten expirations. Two other evaluations were performed at day 2 and day 8 (before and after feedback). The mean PEP and the success rate were calculated for each set of expirations. The number of maneuvers needed to obtain a correct use was calculated on

SUBMITTER: Reychler G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4668338 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature