THE EFFECT OF PURSED-LIP BREATHING ON THE FUNCTIONAL STATUS OF PULMONARY OXIMETRY IN BRONCHOPENIA PATIENTS AT THE PLUMBON MAJALENGKA HOSPITAL

Bronchopneumonia is a common inflammation of the lungs, also referred to bronchial pneumonia or lobular pneumonia. Inflammation begins in small bronchial tube bronchioles and irregularly spreads to alveoli, peribronchiolar, and alveolar channels. One of the non-pharmacological actions to improve the functional status of the pulmonary oximetry in bronchopenomonia patients is pursed-lip breathing. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of pursed-lip breathing on the functional status of pulmonary oximetry in bronchopenia patients at the Plumbon Majalengka Hospital.
The type of research uses quasi-experiments with the design of one group pre-test and post-test. The population in this study were bronchopneumonia patients at the Majalengka Plumbon Mitra Hospital, and sampling techniques were used using the 65-person purposive sampling method. Data collection using an observation sheet Data analysis was carried out using univariate analysis with a bivariate percentage and the Wilcoxon test.
Then results showed that the pretest results were obtained by most respondents (56.9%) who had a pulmonary functional status of oximetry in the normal category, and the posttest results were obtained by most of the respondents (64,6%) who had a functional status of pulmonary oximetry in the normal category. Wilcoxon statistical test results obtained (value = 0.000 < α (0.05)) show that ha accepted means there is an influence of pursed lip breathing on the functipnal status of pulmonary oximetry in bronchopennomonia patients in the Plumbon Majalengka Hospital.
It is expected that nurses can provide educational pursed-lip breathing to improve the functional status of pulmonary oximetry in bronchopenia patients.