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Does pulmonary rehabilitation give additional benefit over tiotropium therapy in primary care management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Randomized controlled clinical trial in Hong Kong Chinese

Author: Lindsay, M. Country/countries: HK Number of patients participating in the study: 50 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: Action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques and social support delivered in groups Intervention components: E+AB+EB+SS+G
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Community Rehabilitation Network (CRN) Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Handling /managing emotions, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Résultat Mesure Tool
COPD symptoms (short term) Dyspnea or breathlessness Dyspnea VAS score
COPD symptoms (short term) Dyspnea or breathlessness Chronic respiratory disease questionnaire (CRQ) - Dyspnea
Lung Function FEV1 (L/min) - forced expiratory volume N/A
Physical activity / Muscle strenght Exercise capacity 6-min walking test (6MWT)
Qualiy of life Quality of life (specific-disease instruments) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 69.65 years (+/- a standard deviation of 9.81) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 0.85 (+/- a standard deviation of 0.35) 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

Résultat 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
COPD symptoms (short term) - Dyspnea or breathlessness
Lung Function - FEV1 (L/min) - forced expiratory volume
Physical activity / Muscle strenght - Exercise capacity
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)