The effect of self management program on indicators of clinical status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT2013061713694N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for Research, Ahvaz Jondishapur University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
COPD confirmed by physician; age between 45-70 years; having a BMI less than 30; understanding the Persian language; having literacy; absence of major psychiatric disorder; absence of other diseases such as neurological and musculoskeletal system disorders, cancer, not heart attack or angina attack in last month; having established a treatment plan.
Exclusion criteria: Admission in hospital during of study; patient required to oxygen or spray during of six minute walking test; absence of patient in group educational session; impossibility for follow up.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Dyspnea. Timepoint: befor the intervention, 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Borg Scale.;Exercise Tolerance. Timepoint: befor the intervention, 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Six Minutes Walking Test.;Pumonary Function. Timepoint: befor the intervention, 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Spirometery Test.;Fatigue. Timepoint: befor the intervention, 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Fatigue Sever Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method