Can rehabilitation delivered immediately on hospitalisation for an acute exacerbation of chronic respiratory disease improve long term health outcomes?

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic respiratory disease; Respiratory; Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Registration Number: ISRCTN05557928
• Lead Sponsor: niversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-10-02
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 484

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients aged 40 and over of either sex who are admitted to hospital with an acute exacerbation of chronic respiratory disease
2. Ability to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Musculoskeletal or neuromuscular conditions that significantly contribute to exercise limitation
2. Psychiatric or neurological conditions that render the patient unable to comply with the rehabilitation programme
3. Not living independently at the time of admission
4. Admission for an acute myocardial infarction
5. Terminal disease with an estimated survival time of less than three months
6. Four or more hospitalisations for acute exacerbations of chronic respiratory disease in the preceding 12 month period

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hospital readmission rate at 12 months