Physical Activity Enhancement Using Pedometers in COPD

University of Chile

Status: Unknown

Conditions: COPD

Treatments: Device: pedometers

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01739751

SA10i20022

Details and patient eligibility

About

Physical activity is reduced in COPD affecting morbidity and mortality and the usual advice is not good enough to increase the physical activity level. The aim of the study is to determine the effects of pedometers in the physical level in COPD patients.

Full description

Physical activity is reduced in COPD patients and has a negative effect in the morbidity and mortality of this condition. Unfortunately, usual advice is not good enough to reverse the sedentary condition in COPD patients. Pedometers are broadly used to measure and to enhance physical activity in COPD but their effects in COPD are not well known. The aim of the study is to determine the effects of a program using pedometers as a feedback in stable ex smokers COPD patients. Patients are recruited for a 3 months individual program promoting daily physical activity enhancement and are randomly assigned either to a pedometer-based program (experimental group) or to usual care (control group, the measurements at the beginning and at the end of the study are: anthropometrics, Spirometry, dyspnea, quality of life, exercise capacity and the average one week daily steps. Also the number of acute exacerbations during the follow up are recorded.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• COPD diagnosis according to GOLD guidelines
• Pack year Index equal or more than 10
• smoking suspended > 2 months
• older than 40 years old,

Exclusion criteria

• any chronic condition that does not allow walking
• participation in a rehabilitation program
• Acute exacerbation in the last two months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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90 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients without feedback of a pedometers, followed for 3 months

Pedometers

Experimental group

Description:

With a program of physical activity enhancement using pedometers as a feedback

Treatment:

Device: pedometers