Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Effects on Cognitive Functioning, Mood, Anxiety, and Quality of Life in Patients With COPD

Tilburg University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease COPD

Treatments: Other: Extensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01682447

NL33713.008.10

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this project is to investigate whether a 12-week, fulltime pulmonary rehabilitation program can enhance cognitive functioning, mood, anxiety, and quality of life in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Enrollment: 261 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• COPD
• Referral to the Extensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program

Exclusion criteria

• Unfinished primary school
• Referral to the Compact Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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261 participants in 2 patient groups

Extensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation (ERP)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group are measured on primary and secondary outcome measures before and after a 12 week extensive pulmonary rehabilitation program.

Treatment:

Other: Extensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program

Waiting List Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the waiting list control group are measured on primary and secondary outcome measures before and after waiting time for the extensive pulmonary rehabilitation program and start with this program after the second moment of measurement.