Randomised controlled trial of a home-based exercise programme for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Respiratory: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)RespiratoryChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN61732734
- Lead Sponsor
- Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with stable COPD referred for physiotherapy and PR at the Countess of Chester Hospital and Cheshire West PCT community rehabilitation department
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients unable to attend a hospital-based PR programme twice weekly for weeks
2. Patients unable to complete a detailed questionnaire
3. Patients with unstable comorbidities
4. Patients with severe musculoskeletal disability
5. Patient live further than half an hour away from the hospital by road
6. Patients with reversibility >15% FEV and 200 ml PEFR
7. Untreated chronic hypoxemia
8. Patients with comorbidities contraindicating exercise
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method