About this trial
This study will use a randomized controlled experimental research design. The population of the study will consist of all adult patients who undergo laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the General Surgery Clinic of Atatürk University Research Hospital between December 2024 and September 2025. The data will be collected using a Descriptive Information Form and the Visual Analogue Scale. The research has received institutional approval and ethics committee approval. The study will be conducted with collaboration from healthcare professionals in the clinic after they have been informed. Patients who meet the inclusion criteria will be invited to participate in the study after being approached one day before surgery. Oral and written consent will be obtained from those who volunteer and agree to participate. The data will be analyzed using SPSS for Windows 22 software.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Those who agree to participate in the study and volunteer
Aged 18 and above
Undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery under general anesthesia
Those without physical or mental disabilities, limitations, or conditions that would prevent them from performing respiratory exercises (such as the use of medications affecting respiration, conditions requiring oxygen therapy, etc.)
Disqualifiers
Those whose hemodynamic values are not stable after the surgical intervention
Those who develop any complications such as severe bleeding, nausea, vomiting, etc., after surgery
Patients with acute or chronic lung diseases
Patients who voluntarily wish to withdraw from the study will not be included in the study
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- ICOUGH