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Rehabilitation of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Exercise twice a week is not sufficient!

Author: Ringbaek, T. J. Country/countries: Denmark Number of patients participating in the study: 45 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: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
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: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Dietician/nutritionist, Nurses, Ocuppational therapist, Physicians, Physiotherapists Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating 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)
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety Coping with the disease (general tools) Perception of General Well-Being Inventory (PGWBI)
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: 63.1 years (+/- a standard deviation of 7.2) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 47.1 (+/- a standard deviation of 15.8) 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
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety - Coping with the disease (general tools)
Physical activity / Muscle strenght - Exercise capacity
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)