Effect of Home Exercise Activity on Cortisol and Depression in COPD During the Pandemic COVID

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Interventions: Other: control group; Behavioral: exercise group

• Registration Number: NCT04639349
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

exercise activity during the COVID pandemic is appreciated to be conducted in home especially for chronic chest diseases as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to reduce the chance of viral contamination during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Detailed Description

40 COPD men will be divided to exercise group (20 patients) and control group (20 patients):

the exercise group will receive a exercise session contains a fifty minutes exercise training at home with moderate intensity on the available training devices as bicycle or treadmill in addition to 30 minutes of exercising of upper and lower limb, the session will be repeated three times per week for eight weeks.

The control group will not be trained

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Study Start: 2020-11-19
• Study First Submitted: 2020-11-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-11-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-19
• Study First Posted: 2020-11-20
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-20
• Primary Completion: 2021-03-01
• Study Completion: 2021-03-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• stable COPD patients
• patients who will have a training device as bicycle or treadmill in home

Exclusion Criteria

• diabetic patients
• renal patients.
• liver diseases

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
control group	control group	The control group will not be trained
Exercised group	exercise group	the exercise group (20 patients) will receive a exercise session contains a fifty minutes exercise training at home with moderate intensity on the available training devices as bicycle or treadmill in addition to 30 minutes of exercising of upper and lower limb, the session will be repeated three times per week for eight weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
hospital anxiety and depression scale	It will be measured after eight weeks of training	this a questionnaire that will assess anxiety and depression in COPD patients
cortisol	It will be measured after eight weeks of training	it will be measured in plasma

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Interleukin-8	It will be measured after eight weeks of training	It is an inflammatory marker in plasma
pulmonary function test	It will be measured after eight weeks of training	it will be a measurement for lung volume and capacities
body mass index	It will be measured after eight weeks of training	it will measure body mass changes
six minute walking test	It will be measured after eight weeks of training	it assess functional capacity
St. George's respiratory questionnaire	It will be measured after eight weeks of training	It assess the effect of COPD on general quality of life

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University; 🇪🇬 Giza, Dokki, Egypt