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Can individualized rehabilitation improve functional independence in elderly patients with COPD?

Author: Sewell, L. Country/countries: United Kingdom Number of patients participating in the study: 180 This study was focused on patients living with COPD
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques delivered in groups Intervention components: E+MT+G
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours, Handling /managing emotions, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques delivered in groups Intervention components: E+MT+AB+G
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours, Handling /managing emotions, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
COPD symptoms (short term) Dyspnea or breathlessness Chronic respiratory disease questionnaire (CRQ) - Dyspnea
COPD symptoms (short term) General COPD symptoms N/A
Physical activity / Muscle strenght Exercise capacity Incremental Shuttle Walking Test (ISWT)
Physical activity / Muscle strenght Exercise capacity The endurance shuttle walk (ESWT)

Patient characteristics

Age: 68.33 years (+/- a standard deviation of 8.57) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 0.51 (+/- a standard deviation of 0.15) 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) - General COPD symptoms
COPD symptoms (short term) - Dyspnea or breathlessness
Physical activity / Muscle strenght - Exercise capacity
Physical activity / Muscle strenght - Exercise capacity