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Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in very severe COPD: Is it safe and useful?

Author: Fernández, A. M. Country/countries: Spain Number of patients participating in the study: 42 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: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Device management
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: Physiotherapists Targeted self-management behaviours: Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring

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)
Lung Function FVC (% pred) - forced vital capacity N/A
Lung Function FEV1 (% pred) - forced expiratory volume N/A
Lung Function Respiratory status - Max expiratory pressure 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
Lung Function TLC - Total Lung Capacity N/A
Lung Function RV - Residual Volume N/A
Lung Function DLCO - Diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (%pred) N/A
Lung Function Respiratory status - Max inspiratory pressure 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: 67.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 8.0) Gender: 1 females Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 34.78 (+/- a standard deviation of 10.74) 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
Lung Function - DLCO - Diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (%pred)
Lung Function - FEV1 (% pred) - 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 (% pred) - forced vital capacity
Lung Function - Respiratory status - Max expiratory pressure
Lung Function - Respiratory status - Max inspiratory pressure
Lung Function - RV - Residual Volume
Lung Function - TLC - Total Lung Capacity
Physical activity / Muscle strenght - Exercise capacity
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)