Acute Exacerbation of COPD and Physical Activity - Preliminary Study

University of Michigan

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01871246

HUM00062912

Details and patient eligibility

About

People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are very sedentary and efforts to establish an active lifestyle are challenging because of periodic acute exacerbations of COPD that interrupt physical activity patterns and contribute to further decline in physical activity. The purpose of this preliminary research is to learn more about the experience of acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) from the perspective of the patient and his/her family and to learn how AECOPDs affect physical activity.

Full description

Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are very sedentary and their physical activity is often interrupted by acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD). Little is known about the expectations had by individuals with COPD and the effects of these expectations on their physical activity. To increase the understanding of these expectations in people with COPD, a study is proposed to explore their experience of daily fluctuations in symptoms and AECOPDs, focusing on how these experiences influence health promoting behaviors, especially physical activity (PA).

This study will involve an enrollment visit during which consent will be obtained, survey data will be administered (that they may take home), spirometry testing will be conducted, and a physical activity monitor (ActivPAL device) will be applied to be worn one week to allow us to understand their usual PA. A clinical ethnographic interview will then be conducted one week following enrollment, at which point the questionnaires and ActivPAL device will be collected. A second clinical ethnographic interview will be conducted one week following the first. Survey data will again collected at week 15 by mail.

Enrollment: 23 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• People who have emphysema or chronic bronchitis as their primary health problem
• People who have had a respiratory infection or an exacerbation of their COPD within the last year.
• People who are 55 years or older
• Family member of someone who meets the above criteria.

Exclusion criteria

• Other lung diseases as their primary pulmonary problem.
• Mobility problems that limit physical activity

Trial design

23 participants in 1 patient group

People with COPD & recent exacerbation

Description:

The group consists of people with COPD who have had an exacerbation in the last year.