Chronic Disease Self-Management Program with or without supervised exercise for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); Respiratory - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12610000781044
• Lead Sponsor: Menzies Research Institute

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-09-20
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 78

Inclusion Criteria

Participants were required to meet the following criteria:
be over 18 years;
willing to attend a supervised exercise component;
willing and able to commit to 8 weeks of attendance;
have a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) based on airflow limitation measured by spirometry (McKenzie, Frith & Burdon 2003) or a physician diagnosis and be at least 2 months post exacerbation. An exacerbation was defined as increased shortness of breath, increased mucus production, and purulent mucus (Bellamy, Booker & Fardy 2003; MacNee & Rennard 2004)

Exclusion Criteria

Participants were ineligible if
they had an intellectual disability,
were unable to provide informed consent, were unable to complete a self-administered questionnaire,
had previously attended a Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) or a comprehensive cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programme, within the past two years or
were unable to safely undertake an exercise programme due to the presence of any one of the following conditions: uncontrolled cardiac conditions (resting systolic blood pressure > 180mm mercury and/or resting diastolic blood pressure > 110mm mercury, resting heart rate >120 beats per minute, unstable angina, severe cardiac valve disease, uncontrolled atrial or ventricular arrhythmias, uncompensated chronic heart failure, active pericarditis or myocarditis); recent vascular conditions (recent embolism or thrombophlebitis, active retinal haemorrhage, recent cerebrovascular accident); uncontrolled metabolic disorder (uncontrolled diabetes, retinopathy, acute thyroiditis, uncontrolled liver or renal disease, active cancer); severe orthopaedic problems; acute systemic illness or fever(Balady 2000).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical capacity measured by the 6 minute walk test[One week pre and one week post attendance at the six week Chronic Disease Self-Management Program with or without supervised exercise]