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Combination of inspiratory and expiratory muscle training in same respiratory cycle versus different cycles in COPD patients: a randomized trial

Author: Xu, W. Country/countries: China Number of patients participating in the study: 92 This study was focused on patients living with COPD
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques Intervention components: E+MT
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Service Targeted self-management behaviours: Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques Intervention components: E+MT
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Service Targeted self-management behaviours: Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques Intervention components: E+MT
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Service Targeted self-management behaviours: Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques Intervention components: E+MT
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Service Targeted self-management behaviours: Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Desenlace Medida Tool
COPD symptoms (short term) Dyspnea or breathlessness Modified Medical Research Council (MMRC)
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety Coping with the disease (general tools) Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) -total score
Lung Function FEV1 (L/min) - forced expiratory volume N/A
Lung Function Respiratory status - Max inspiratory pressure N/A
Lung Function FVC (L/min) - forced vital capacity N/A
Lung Function FEV1/FVC ratio - forced expiratory volume in the first one second to the forced vital capacity of the lungs N/A
Lung Function FEV1 (% pred) - forced expiratory volume N/A
Lung Function Respiratory status - Max expiratory pressure N/A
Physical activity / Muscle strenght Exercise capacity 6-min walking test (6MWT)
Qualiy of life Quality of life (specific-disease instruments) N/A
Qualiy of life Quality of life (specific-disease instruments) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 68.1 years (+/- a standard deviation of 6.7) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 46.17 (+/- a standard deviation of 13.24) Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: N/A

Level of health literacy: N/A
  • Tool: N/A

Socio-economic characteristics: N/A

Risk of Bias of this study

Desenlace Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
COPD symptoms (short term) - Dyspnea or breathlessness
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety - Coping with the disease (general tools)
Lung Function - FEV1 (% pred) - forced expiratory volume
Lung Function - FEV1 (L/min) - forced expiratory volume
Lung Function - FEV1/FVC ratio - forced expiratory volume in the first one second to the forced vital capacity of the lungs
Lung Function - FVC (L/min) - forced vital capacity
Lung Function - Respiratory status - Max expiratory pressure
Lung Function - Respiratory status - Max inspiratory pressure
Physical activity / Muscle strenght - Exercise capacity
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)