CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

Objective: This study was planned to determine the effects of different position changes on hemodynamic parameters and dyspnea severity in patients with dyspnea. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study, using a one-group, pre-test and post-test design. From March-December, 2015, 58 pulmonary service patients who had been hospitalized due to dyspnea and various respiratory diseases were assessed for dyspnea severity, oxygen saturation (SpO(2)), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR) and respiratory rate (RR). Results: According to repeated measures variance analysis of patients in the prone and orthopnea position, there was no statistically significant difference between the measurement of dyspnea severity, O-2 saturation, SBP, DBP, and RR. However, the HR of patients increased in the prone position and dyspnea severity was shown to be reduced in the orthopnea position. Conclusion: Comparing all the positions given to the patients, it was found that towards the 15th minutes, the orthopnea position had a positive effect on patients' mean dyspnea severity, SBP and O-2 saturation but a significant difference was observed only on the mean dyspnea severity