Music and Perceived Rate of Exertion

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: COPD

Treatments: Behavioral: Music

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01833260

Music

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of listening to ambient music on the perceived exertion rate during pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• participate in the program for at least one month after the initial medical investigation, be free of exacerbations for 1 month and have maintained exactly the same program session for both evaluated sessions

Exclusion criteria

• participate to only session of one condition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

With music

Experimental group

Description:

Pulmonary rehabilitation with music in the room

Treatment:

Behavioral: Music

Without music

No Intervention group