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Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation program: Effect on exercise tolerance and quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

Author: Ghanem Country/countries: Egypt Number of patients participating in the study: 39 This study was focused on patients living with COPD
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Plus Intervention components: UCP
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Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Education based intervention Intervention components: E
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Setting of implementation: Hospital care (hospitalized), Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Educator Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise

Outcomes measured in the study

Desenlace Medida Tool
COPD symptoms (short term) Dyspnea or breathlessness Chronic respiratory disease questionnaire (CRQ) - Dyspnea
Lung Function FVC (L/min) - forced vital capacity N/A
Lung Function FVC (% pred) - forced vital capacity N/A
Lung Function FEV1 (L/min) - forced expiratory volume N/A
Lung Function FEV1 (% pred) - forced expiratory volume N/A
Physical activity / Muscle strenght Exercise capacity 6-min walking test (6MWT)
Qualiy of life Quality of life (generic instruments) N/A
Qualiy of life Quality of life (generic instruments) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 56.77 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.76) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 27.2 (+/- a standard deviation of 11.53) 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
Lung Function - FEV1 (% pred) - forced expiratory volume
Lung Function - FEV1 (L/min) - forced expiratory volume
Lung Function - FVC (% pred) - forced vital capacity
Lung Function - FVC (L/min) - forced vital capacity
Physical activity / Muscle strenght - Exercise capacity
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (generic instruments)
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (generic instruments)