Effect of Home Exercise Activity on Cortisol and Depression in COPD Patients During the Pandemic COVID-19
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Enrollment
- 40
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- hospital anxiety and depression scale
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
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
Investigators
Ali Mohamed Ali ismail
lecturer of Physical Therapy for Cardiovascular / Respiratory Disorder and Geriatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University
Cairo University
Eligibility Criteria
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
hospital anxiety and depression scale
Time Frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training
this a questionnaire that will assess anxiety and depression in COPD patients
cortisol
Time Frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training
it will be measured in plasma
Secondary Outcomes
- St. George's respiratory questionnaire(It will be measured after eight weeks of training)
- pulmonary function test(It will be measured after eight weeks of training)
- Interleukin-8(It will be measured after eight weeks of training)
- body mass index(It will be measured after eight weeks of training)
- six minute walking test(It will be measured after eight weeks of training)