Duration of Exercise Program in Interstitial Lung Diseases.

Izmir Katip Celebi University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Interstitial Lung Disease

Treatments: Other: Exercise program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03302702

IKC4

Details and patient eligibility

About

We aimed to compare the functional results of the 8th week with the results of the 12th week of the exercise programs applied to the patients with ILD.

Full description

Exercise programs (EP) have been shown to be the effective approach for functional outcomes in interstitial lung diseases (ILD). In many studies, the duration of exercise programs varies between 8-12 weeks. However, the optimal duration of exercise program is still unknown.

We aimed to compare the results of the 8th week with the results of the 12th week of the PR programs applied to the patients with ILD.

A total of 14 patients with ILD referred to our PR unit [11 idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, 2 sarcoidosis (stage 3 and 4) and 1 nonspecific interstitial pneumonia] were included in the study. Pulmonary function test, arterial blood gas analysis, 6- minute walk test, mMRC dyspnea scale, quality of life questionnaires and hospital anxiety depression scale were performed before, at the 8th and 12th weeks after the exercise program applied to the patients twice a week.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Completed the 12 week exercise program
• Diagnosed with ILD

Exclusion criteria

• Not completed 12 week exercise program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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14 participants in 1 patient group

Exercise program

Other group

Description:

Treatment group

Treatment:

Other: Exercise program