Is pulmonary rehabilitation possible for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a low resource setting in Jaffna, Sri Lanka?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseRespiratory
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN10069208
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Jaffna
- Brief Summary
2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35941622/ (added 09/08/2022)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 54
Inclusion Criteria
Physician diagnosis of COPD based on symptoms and spirometry confirmed based on GOLD criteria, with FEV1/FVC <0.7, and FEV1<80% predicted.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
2. Comorbidities such as severe or unstable cardiovascular disease or other lung diseases
3. Stroke, Peripheral neuropathies or any other internal diseases and locomotor difficulties that limit the exercise performance
4. Significant hearing impairment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> Feasibility measures including:<br> 1. Suitability of inclusion criteria measured using the reasons for not being eligible, reasons for declining, reasons for not completing the exercise program by 9 months<br> 2. Refusal rate measured using number of eligible patients identified and number of patients consented to participate in the study by 9 months<br> 3. Uptake and completion of the study measured number of patients enrolled into the study and number of patients completed 6 weeks program during 9 months<br> 4. Compliance to PR sessions measured using number of patients enrolled in PR sessions and number completed 6 weeks program including post assessment during 9 months<br> 5. Adherence to home exercise assessed via a self-report exercise diary assessed via a self-report exercise diary for 6 weeks<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> Measured at baseline and at 6 weeks post baseline:<br> 1. Anxiety and depression level, measured using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)<br> 2. Breathlessness, measured using Medical Research Council (MRC) Dyspnea scale<br> 3. Health status, measured using COPD Assessment Test (CAT) and Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ)<br> 4. Lung health, assessed by spirometry<br> 5. Exercise capacity, measured by Incremental Shuttle Walk Test (ISWT) and Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT)<br>