A study to compare the effectiveness between a home-based self-management intervention and an outpatient hospital-based pulmonary rehabilitation intervention for patients with COPD.
- Conditions
- Diseases of th respiratory system
- Registration Number
- KCT0001572
- Lead Sponsor
- Yonsei University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
All participants should meet the following criteria:
(1) a diagnosis of stage II, III chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), based on the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases (GOLD) staging system(Forced expiratory volume1(FEV1)/Forced vital capacity(FVC)<70%, FEV1 < 80%); (2) confirmed the participation to the intervention for the current study at the discretion of the responsible medical doctors; (3) capable of independent mobility without any musculoskeletal and/or neurological dysfunction that may limit patients’ physical mobility for excercise training and/or functional assessment for this study
This study excludes the patients with: (1) history of other lung diseases, including pneumoconiosis, bronchiectasis, pulmonary tuberculosis, primary pulmonary hypertension,pulmonary embolism and interstitial lung disease; (2) any concomitant diseases that could interfere with the general condition such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, renal
failure, cancer, mental disease; and (3) neuromuscular impairment that would interfere with the patient’s mobility
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Dyspnea measured by American thorcic society (ATS) scale;6-minute walking test; medication compliance;Self-reported physical activity ;???? ?? ;Disease-related quality of life measured by Saint George's Respiratory Questionnaire(SGRQ)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot applicable