Effects of Energy Conservation Techniques With Pursed Lip Breathing on Quality of Life in Bronchiectasis

Bronchiectasis is the abnormal dilatation of the bronchi. Due to airway dilatation patient is unable to clear the mucus and risk of infection is increased. For mucus clearance and reduced labored breathing, conventional chest physiotherapy is used in which many breathing techniques can be employed along with or without mechanical devices and inspiratory muscle training, coughing support and positioning to improve the respiratory functions but there is no consensus on which breathing technique is better. Many researches have shown the inconsistent results of energy conservation techniques along with breathing exercises among variety of cardiopulmonary disorders such as in asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients but no results were seen among patients of bronchiectasis. This study will be conducted to determine the combined effects of energy conservation techniques with pursed lip breathing on functional independence and quality of life in patients of bronchiectasis. It will be a randomized clinical trial. Age of selected subjects will be between 40 to 60 years and data will be collected from pulmonary wards of selected hospitals. Sample size will be 46 keeping the attrition rate 10%. There will be 2 groups i.e. group A will receive energy conservation techniques along with pursed lip breathing technique and group B will receive only pursed lip breathing technique. St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) will be used to evaluate the quality of life of patients and 6 mint walk test is used to determine functional independence of bronchiectasis patients. After data collection, data will be analyzed using SPSS version 26.