Clinical Outcomes in Patients Referred to Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Recruiting

• Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• 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

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-06-12
• Study Start: 2018-06-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-07-08
• Study First Posted: 2018-07-19
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-17
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-19
• Primary Completion: 2024-06-25
• Study Completion: 2024-06-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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).
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
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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Physical Therapy Center at National Taiwan University Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan