Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research

A. Annalakshmi ¹

Affiliations
1 College of Nursing, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Coimbatore - 641044, IN

Abstract

An interventional study was carried out to improve peak expiratory flow rate of bronchial asthma patients. The study was conducted in pulmonology out patient department of P.S.G Hospital, Coimbatore. The design chosen was one group pre-test post test design and purposive sampling was used to select the sample of fifty subjects with bronchial asthma. The result showed a significant improvement of peak expiratory flow rate after breathing exercise.

Keywords

Bronchial Asthma, Breathing Exercise, Peak Expiratory Flow Rate.

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