A Self-management Programme of Activity, Coping and Education for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): is it a feasible alternative to conventional rehabilitation?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)RespiratoryChronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN81189044
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UK)
- Brief Summary
2018 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28756402 results 2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36188808/ (added 04/10/2022)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 320
Inclusion Criteria
1. Adults with an establised diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [ratio of the forced expiratory volume in the first one second to the forced vital capacity of the lungs (FEV1/FVC ratio <70%)]
2. Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnoea grade of 2-5
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with significant neurological, locomotive, cardiac or psychological conditions which would exclude them from exercising
2. Those unwilling to participate
3. Who have participated in Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the previous 12 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life as determined by the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (self-reported) - Dyspnoea domain, measured at baseline, after the intervention at 7 weeks and 6 months later
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> Measured at the initial assessment, and at 7 weeks and 6 months after this assessment:<br> 1. Chronic Respiratory Quesionnaire (Self-reported) - fatigue, emotion and mastery domains<br> 2. Pulmonary Rehabilitation Adapted Index of Self-Efficacy (PRAISE)<br> 3. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)<br> 4. Exercise tolerance (Incremental and Endurance Shuttle Walk Tests)<br> 5. Daily physical activity (measured by wearing SenseWear accelerometers for 5 days)<br>