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Long-term effect of respiratory training for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients at an outpatient clinic: a randomised controlled trial

Author: Xi, F. Country/countries: China Number of patients participating in the study: 70 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: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physiotherapists Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Education based intervention Intervention components: E
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physiotherapists Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Physical activity /exercise

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
COPD symptoms (short term) Dyspnea or breathlessness Modified Medical Research Council (MMRC)
COPD symptoms (short term) Dyspnea or breathlessness Body-Mass Index, Airflow Obstruction, Dyspnea, and Exercise Capacity Index (BODE index)
Lung Function FEV1 (L/min) - forced expiratory volume 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
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: 74.2 years (+/- a standard deviation of 6.2) Gender: 15 females Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 42.62 (+/- a standard deviation of 3.14) Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: 2.0

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

Socio-economic characteristics: N/A

Risk of Bias of this study

Outcome 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
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
Physical activity / Muscle strenght - Exercise capacity
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)