Does tailoring a pulmonary rehabilitation programme with data from a maximal exercise cycle test data lead to better outcomes than traditional exercise prescription methods? A pilot study.

Not Applicable

Suspended

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

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000769684
• Lead Sponsor: Repatriation General Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-07-21
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Suspended
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

1) Referred to and selected for the PR at the Repatriation General Hospital.
2) At least six weeks since last hospitalization or four weeks since last exacerbation of respiratory condition.

Exclusion Criteria

1) life expectancy of less than 12 months.
2) significant comorbidity including malignancy, cardiovascular disease, or musculoskeletal disease that severely limits performing exercise-training tasks and participation into the PR program.
3) severe psychiatric illness.
4) can not understand/read English.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Exercise capacity measured with the six-minute walking test (MWT)[At baseline, 8 weeks, and at the end of 12 weeks of the program]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health Status measured with Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire-self-administered standardized (CRQ-SAS); and Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) [At baseline, 8 weeks, and at the end of 12 weeks of the program];Anxiety and depression measured with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)[At baseline, 8 weeks, and at the end of 12 weeks of the program]