Clinical Outcomes in Patients Referred to Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Interventions
- Other: Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Registration Number
- NCT03591263
- Lead Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
- Brief Summary
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lung, characterized by chronic cough, dyspnea, and sputum production, which often misunderstood as aging or catching a cold. These symptoms may be progressive over time. To provide better disease management and early detecting, pulmonary rehabilitation is now considered a fundamental component of the integrated disease management of this population. However, few studies have evaluated the beneficial outcomes in patients referred to pulmonary rehabilitation. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical outcomes in patients referred to pulmonary rehabilitation in National Taiwan University Hospital.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1000
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Pulmonary rehabilitation Subjects with the diagnosis of chronic respiratory disease, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis that referred for evaluation as routine care at Physical Therapy Center (National Taiwan University)
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Functional exercise capacity using the six-minute walk test The six-minute walk test needs six minute to complete the test The six-minute walk test is commonly performed to evaluate functional exercise capacity. The six-minute walk test was performed according to the guidelines, and the distance walked in the test presented as functional exercise capacity.
Lung hygiene Lung hygiene is evaluated as the frequency of acute exacerbation in the the past one year Lung hygiene is evaluated by the frequency of acute exacerbation
Heart rate Hospital-based physical training takes 30 minutes, once a week, and it also takes 30 min to measure continuously Heart rate is measured at rest, during hospital-based physical training.
Blood pressure Hospital-based physical training takes 30 minutes, once a week, and it also takes 30 min to measure continuously systolic and diastolic pressure are measured at rest, during hospital-based physical training.
Muscle strength: hand grip Hand grip of both hands need about three minutes to complete Hand grip strength is performed by using hand dynamometer
Home-based physical activity Record the home-based physical activities everyday that the subjects have in the past one week that lasting for one year. All subjects were encouraged to increase their daily physical activity and recorded the amount of physical activity on patient-self-record training log.
Muscle strength: leg press Maximum leg press measurement needs about four minutes to complete Maximum leg press is performed by using seated leg press machine
Perceived dyspnea It takes less than one minute to evaluate perceived dyspnea. Rating of perceived dyspnea is measured by using Borg scale at rest, during hospital-based physical training, and home-based physical activity. The most widely used tool is the "Borg scale", with rating ranges from 0 (nothing at all) to 10 (extremely dyspnea).
Oxygen saturation Hospital-based physical training takes 30 minutes, once a week, and it also takes 30 min to measure continuously Oxygen saturation is continuously monitored by pulse oximetry throughout Hospital-based physical training.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Physical Therapy Center at National Taiwan University Hospital
🇨🇳Taipei, Taiwan