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Does Pulmonary Rehabilitation improve the health of people in Kyrgyzstan living with lung disease caused by tuberculosis?

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Respiratory
Post-TB lung disease
Registration Number
ISRCTN11122503
Lead Sponsor
niversity of Leicester
Brief Summary

2022 Interim results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35121602/ Qualitative results (added 07/02/2022) 2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35190411/ (added 23/02/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
114
Inclusion Criteria

Stage 1 (patient):
1. Aged =18 years
2. Physician diagnosis of COPD

Stage 1 (staff):
1. Healthcare staff that would typically refer patients to a clinical PR programme, such as physicians & clinicians.

Stage 2:
1. Aged =18 years;
2. Definite diagnosis of a TB-negative patients with PTBLD lung disease
3. Previous TB treatment or finished treatment
4. Medical Research Council dyspnoea score grade 2 or higher

Exclusion Criteria

Stage 1 (patients):
1. Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent

Stage 2 (staff):
1. Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent

Stage 2:
1. Comorbidities such as severe or unstable cardiovascular, other internal diseases and locomotor difficulties that preclude exercise
2. Malignant disease such as lung cancer
3. Evidence of active TB on Chest X-ray or sputum tests within 1 month of assessment
4. Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Walking distance (exercise capacity) on the Incremental Shuttle Walk Test (ISWT) at baseline and 6 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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