Pulmonary Rehabilitation Through Tele Rehabilitation for COPD in Pakistan

Riphah International University

Status

Completed

Conditions

COPD

Treatments

Other: Conventional treatment

Other: TeleRehabilitation

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05828602

Rec/01373 Mehwish Haider

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the feasibility of Tele-rehabilitation vs traditional center-based pulmonary rehabilitation for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Enrollment

40 patients

Sex

All

Ages

40+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

have a primary diagnosis of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
aged ≥40 years
be able to read and speak Urdu
Vitally stable
both gender

Exclusion criteria

Inability to use technology, inadequate home setting, and patient's refusal.
pulmonary hypertension or lung cancer attended pulmonary rehabilitation within the previous 18 months and had no hospitalizations for a respiratory cause since rehabilitation completion
oxygen desaturation resulting in cessation of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (e.g. SpO2 < 80% during exercise on cycle ergometer)
to ensure safety of unsupervised training
unstable or brittle asthma with a hospital admission or emergency department presentation within the preceding 3 months, to ensure safety of unsupervised training
co-morbidities which preclude exercise training, such as neurological or musculoskeletal impairment
unable to follow verbal instructions, suffer from cognitive impairment, or have language difficulties