Innovative Pulmonary Rehabilitation Telehealth Program for Improving COPD Patient Outcomes

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: COPD
• Interventions: Behavioral: Telehealth Program

• Registration Number: NCT03489642
• Lead Sponsor: University of Kansas Medical Center

Brief Summary

Researchers want to learn more about telehealth pulmonary rehabilitation programs that help people with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) improve physical activity and quality of life.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-02-15
• Study First Submitted: 2018-03-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-03-29
• Study First Posted: 2018-04-05
• Status Verified: 2021-03
• Primary Completion: 2021-03-03
• Study Completion: 2021-03-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-04
• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 12

Inclusion Criteria

• Hospital discharge diagnosis of COPD
• Spirometry-confirmed evidence of COPD Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stages I to IV
• Access to internet connection and knowledge on use of web-based programs

Exclusion Criteria

• Persons with additional significant comorbidities including cancer, cardiac disease and physical impairments
• Non-English speaking persons
• The inability to provide an informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
COPD Telehealth Program	Telehealth Program	Participants will take part in a structured telehealth program for 12 weeks. Web-based educational tools will be made available to participants. Study participants will meet with a registered respiratory therapist two times per week.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measure of physical activity	Change from Baseline to Week 12	Changes will be measured using the Yale Physical Activity Survey (YPAS). The tool is composed of two sections - (a) amount of physical activity/exercise performed during a typical week in the past month and (b) activities performed in the past month. The final index score is the sum of five individual indices (vigorous, leisurely walking, moving, standing and sitting). Scores on the scale range from 0 to 137. The higher the score the more active a person.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of Life	Change from Baseline to Week 12	The COPD Assessment Test (CAT) will be used to measure the health status of the subjects. The test has eight questions. Each question has a range from 0-5. The total score for the test ranges from 0 to 40. The higher the score the more severe a person's COPD.
Adherence to physical activity requirements	Week 12	Patients receive an individualized exercise plan (minutes and days per week). Adherence to physical activity is assessed by the proportion of weeks subjects achieve their planned physical activity time.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Kansas Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Kansas City, Kansas, United States