Immediate in hospital reactivation of patients with an exacerbation of COPD: Pulmofit-MST
Completed
- Conditions
- 1. COPD<br />2. exacerbation<br />3. reactivation<br />4. physiotherapy<br />5. hospitalisation<br />6. exercise<br />7. length of hospital stay<br />8. walking distance<br />9. activities of daily living<br />10. health status. COPD, exacerbatie, reactivatie, fysiotherapie, ziekenhuisopname, beweging, opnameduur, loopafstand, ADL-activiteiten, kwaliteit van leven.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON26882
- Lead Sponsor
- Medisch Spectrum Twente Enschede
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
1. a clinical diagnosis of COPD according to the GOLD criteria;
2. a clinical diagnosis of an exacerbation of COPD for which hospitalisation was required;
Exclusion Criteria
1. pneumonia;
2. fever (>38.5 C°);
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ength of hospital stay, defined as number of days between day of admission and day of medical discharge. Day of medical discharge was distinguished from the actual day of discharge because some patients remain in hospital longer than medically necessary (e.g. patients could not yet be referred to a nursing home).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Walking distance (3 minutes walking test), dyspnoea (BORG-scale), health status (Clinical COPD Questionnaire), activities of daily living (Barthel Index), and readmissions due to a COPD-exacerbation (<28 days).