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Pulmonary rehabilitation for moderate COPD (GOLD 2)--does it have an effect?

Author: Gottlieb, V. Country/countries: Denmark Number of patients participating in the study: 61 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: Monitoring, action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques delivered in groups Intervention components: E+MT+AB+EB+G
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: Eating behaviours, Physical activity /exercise, Smoking cessation or reduction

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
COPD symptoms (short term) Dyspnea or breathlessness Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale (Borg RPE or BORG CR10)
Physical activity / Muscle strenght Exercise capacity 6-min walking test (6MWT)
Physical activity / Muscle strenght Exercise capacity N/A
Qualiy of life Quality of life (specific-disease instruments) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 73.67 years (+/- a standard deviation of 4.92) Gender: 66.67% female Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 65.59 (+/- a standard deviation of 8.34) 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

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