Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Asthma Control

Izmir Katip Celebi University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Asthma

Treatments

Other: Exercise

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03227341

KCU123

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators compared the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation program on asthma control in patients with uncontrolled and partially controlled asthma.

Full description

Asthma treatment is not only medical, it also requires a comprehensive care including nonpharmacological treatment. Pulmonary rehabilitation represents the most important part of the comprehensive care. The investigators aimed to evaluate the efficacy of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with uncontrolled and partially controlled asthma.

Asthma patients referred to pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) unit were classified according to asthma control test; as partially controlled patients (Group 1), and as uncontrolled patients (Group 2). All patients received of a 8 week pulmonary rehabilitation program. Asthma control tests, pulmonary function tests, arterial blood gases analysis, dyspnea perception, quality of life, exercise capacity, anxiety and depression assessments were performed before and after pulmonary rehabilitation.

Enrollment

45 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Asthmatic patients referred from the outpatient clinic to Pulmonary Rehabilitation unit was confirmed according to GINA guidelines

Exclusion criteria

If the initial diagnosis cannot be confirmed, the patient excluded from the study
Patients were under medical treatment of -6 months and considered clinically stable.
Patients with cardiovascular, other lung diseases (pneumoconiosis, pulmonary tuberculosis, interstitial lung disease), or musculoskeletal diseases that would impair exercise training were excluded from the study.
Also subjects with lack of motivation, poor compliance (not attending the program more than 2 times) or having transport problems were excluded from the study