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The effects of respiratory training for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: a randomised clinical trial

Author: Lin, W. C. Country/countries: Taiwan Number of patients participating in the study: 44 This study was focused on patients living with COPD
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Intervention components: UC
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: medical care or medical staff Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques Intervention components: E+MT
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: medical care or medical staffs Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Lung Function FVC (L/min) - forced vital capacity N/A
Lung Function FEV1 (L/min) - forced expiratory volume N/A
Lung Function FEV1 (% pred) - forced expiratory volume 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

Patient characteristics

Age: 68.7 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.65) Gender: 7 females Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 47.38 (+/- a standard deviation of 17.11) 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
Lung Function - FEV1 (% pred) - forced expiratory volume
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)