EFFECT OF RELAXATION AND MUSIC THERAPY IN COPD SUBJECTS- RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIA
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2011/08/001945
- Lead Sponsor
- MANIPAL UNIVERSITY
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 86
Patients
admitted to KMC hospitals recovering from a recent
episode of acute exacerbation of COPD. All of them
had Clinical diagnosis of COPD, based on expiratory
airflow limitation evidenced by forced expiratory
volume 1 second/forced vital capacity percent
(FEV1/FVC%) less than 70 and FEV1% predicted
less than 80.16 Self-report of shortness of breath at
rest. At the time of recruitment patients were in stable
condition as assessed by stability of blood gas values
and hemodynamics. None of the subjects were on
sympathomimetics or suffer from a low cardiac output.
All patients were free from exacerbation for at
least seven days.
Patients who
had received Tricyclic antidepressants or other major
anti psychotic drugs within the previous two months,
Aversion of music as assessed by personal interview,
Deafness, Cognitive impairment, Uncontrolled hypertension/
hypotension, organ failure and inability to
cooperate.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method