Effectiveness of an 8-week community-based pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) program in improving the health-related quality of life among patients with silicosis

Indian Council of Medical Research0 个研究点目标入组 0 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2024年8月19日

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•We would include adult patients, equal to or more than 18 years age having a definitive diagnosis of silicosis, made by the Pneumoconiosis Board of the Rajasthan government, and residing in the geographic limits of the Pindwara block of Sirohi district of Rajasthan as the study participants.

•We would exclude the silicosis patients that meet any of the following criteria: 1) those who are not willing to participate (in the assessments/ study intervention), 2) requiring supplemental oxygen therapy, 3) unable to complete the 6-minute walk distance test (patient stops and refuses to continue/ test stopped due to the patient having complaint of chest pain/ intolerable dyspnea), 4) having history of syncope on exertion, 5) history of CVS conditions such as myocardial infarction/ stroke, 6) history of any pulmonary infections such as pneumonia, or tuberculosis in the last 6 weeks, 7) concomitant presence of other lung conditions such as bronchial asthma, pneumothorax, sarcoidosis, bronchiectasis and hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and 8) those unable to follow the commands provided by the investigators/ research team members providing intervention.

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