Efficacy of 8-week Supervision in Home Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Asan Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: Pulmonary rehabilitation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03754881

2018-0964

Details and patient eligibility

About

In korea, it is not easy to practice standard pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). in this study, we'll educate PR to patients and make reservation for re-visiting outpatients clinics with PR diary. we want to confirm whether patients, who perform home based PR during more than 30 minutes in 3 days per week, present improved dyspnea score or quality of life compared with non-compliance group.

Enrollment: 41 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• forced expiratory volume-one second / forced vital capacity < 0.7 in post-bronchodilator pulmonary function test
• adults 40 years or older
• no history of acute exacerbation within 4 weeks
• no history of education for pulmonary rehabilitation within 6 months
• no change of medication for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease within 4 weeks
• dyspnea more than Modified Medical Research Council grade 0

Exclusion criteria

• adults under 40 years old
• no consent
• history of acute exacerbation within 4 weeks
• history of education for pulmonary rehabilitation within 6 months
• change of medication for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease within 4 weeks
• dyspnea only Modified Medical Research Council grade 0
• comorbidity, including cardiovascular disease, orthopedic disease, neurologic disease, optic disease, uncontrolled hypertension
• enrolled other clinical trial
• on long term oxygen therapy