Efficacy of simple and inexpensive exercise training programme implemented for advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary patients in community-based hospitals

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic obstructive pulmonary patientsQuality of lifeExcercise capacitydyspnea severitymuscle strength; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; quality of life; exercise training

• Registration Number: TCTR20140926001
• Lead Sponsor: Faculty of Medicne, ChiangMai university

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2009-06-16
• Study Start: 2014-09-26
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

The inclusion criteria were chronic obstructive pulmonary patients with
-age more than 40 years
-smoking history of more than 10 pack-years
-history of exacerbation at least one time in the previous year.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients were excluded if they had
-history of exacerbation during the previous 6 weeks before the enrollment
- pneumonia or history of admission to the hospitals during the previous 3 months
- long-term oxygen therapy
- co-morbidities that limited their exercise tolerance
- a negative attitude toward the programme.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
quality of life(SGRQ) baseline, month 1,2, 3,6,9,12 unit/change of SGRQ in term of minimal clinical impartant difference,six-minute walk distance( 6MWD) baseline, month 1,2, 3,6,9,12 meters/ change of 6MWD in term of minimal clinical important difference,dyspnea socre(mMRC) baseline, month 1,2, 3,6,9,12 unit/change of mMRC in term of minimal clinical important difference

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
10RM of trained muscle baseline, month 1,2, 3,6,9,12 kilogrammes/10RM of trained muscle