• Miss Idarikordor Lyndoh
• . Mrs D.Priya
• Mrs. Rupali Salvi
• Dr. Mrs. Nisha Naik

Healthy children brought up in healthy surroundings not only are source of joy to everyone, but will be India’s greatest resource tomorrow. Children are not ‘little adults’ they are in a dynamic process of growth and development, and are particularly vulnerable to acute and chronic effects of pollutants in their environmental, which leads to diseases like acute respiratory infections(ARI), diarrhoea etc. Among these infectious diseases ARI is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in young children. Respiratory system is a frequent site of illness in children, Respiratory infections and allergies together are responsible for many disruptions in family life and missed from school work. Children respond differently to respiratory illness than do adults, the respiratory changes during childhood as new lung tissue continues to form and existing structure change in shape and function .However, most respiratory conditions are more stressful for the children than the adult, more often leading to airway obstruction or respiratory failure. In respiratory tract, lower respiratory tract infection is one of the leading common disease occur during childhood. The present study title: A study to assess the effect of deep breathing exercise using pop up toys versus incentive spirometry on respiratory status among children with lower respiratory tract infection.The objective of the study was To find out respiratory status of children with lower respiratory tract infection, to identify the effect of deep breathing exercises using pop up toys and incentive spirometry on respiratory status, to compare the effect of deep breathing exercises using pop up toys and incentive spirometry on respiratory status, to find out an association between deep breathing exercises using pop up toys and incentive spirometry with selected demographic variable. Material and Methods: In present study, researcher adopted Two Group pre test and Post Test research Design.The study carried out 60 samples. Ethical clearance was taken. A Non-probability Purposive Sampling Technique was used. The significance was calculated by using mean, standard deviation, and calculated ’t’ value, and association was done by Fisher's exact test with demographic variable. Result: At baseline, in incentive spirometry group, 6.7% of the children had mild (Score 1-5) respiratory distress, 53.3% of them had moderate (score 6-10) respiratory distress and 40% of them had severe (score 11-16) respiratory distress. At baseline, in pop-up toys group, 23.3% of the children had mild (Score 1-5) respiratory distress, 43.3% of them had moderate (score 6-10) respiratory distress and 33.4% of them had severe (score 11-16) respiratory distress. In Group I, on day 5(O1), 60% of children had mild respiratory distress. On day 5 (O2), 46.7% of children had normal and mild respiratory distress. On day 5(O3), 46.7% of children had normal and mild respiratory distress. This indicates that there is remarkable improvement in the respiratory distress after incentive spirometry.In Group II, on day5 (O1), 86.7% of children had mild respiratory distress. On day5 (O2), 80% of children had mild respiratory distress. On day5 (O3), 80% of children had mild respiratory distress. This indicates that there is remarkable improvement in the respiratory distress after pop-up toys. Conclusion: study shows that there will be significant difference between the effect of breathing exercise using pop up toys and incentive spirometry on respiratory status. Hence the null hypothesis is rejected

(Effect, Deep Breathing Exercise, Pop up toys, Incentive spirometry, Respiratory status, Children, Lower respiratory tract infection)

"Effect of deep breathing exercises using pop up toys versus incentive spirometry on respiratory status among children’s with lower respiratory tract infection.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.458-469, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Z64.pdf

"Effect of deep breathing exercises using pop up toys versus incentive spirometry on respiratory status among children’s with lower respiratory tract infection.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp458-469, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Z64.pdf