Physical Activity Levels During and After an Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12611000369921

Enrollment

Registered

2011-04-11

Start date

2011-04-19

Completion date

2014-07-14

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Obtain current physical activity levels during hospital admission and post hospital discharge in COPD patients admitted to an Australian hospital with an acute exacerbation of COPD. If activity levels are shown to be reduced, this provides evidence for the need to investigate options to improve physical activity levels in hospital and once home in this group. The hypothesis is that in people admitted to hospital with an acute exacerbation of COPD, physical activity will be lower during hospitalisation and will improve in the first week after discharge and improve further six weeks after hospitalisation admission.

Interventions

1. Observe physical activity during hospital stay from day 2 of hospital admission day to day 5 or until discharged. 2. Observe physical activity for one week at home from the day of discharge. 3. Observe physical activity for one week at home at 6 weeks following the day of admission. The overall duratio n of patient recruitment to this observational study is 7 weeks.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

40 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

- Sex: Both female and male - Age range: 40+ years - Weight: No weight limit - Height: No height limit - Disease status: Hospitalized for an acute exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). - Current or ex-smoker. - Willingness to give written or oral informed consent. (written as appropriate if participant is too unwell to give a written consent but able to provide a oral informed consent) and willingness to participate to and comply with the study.

Exclusion criteria

-Cognitive Impairment (MMSE<24) MMSE -Unstable cardiac or neurological disease -Inability to consent or understand English -Participants lives out of area participants (i.e. those who live in rural areas) from the study as this group of participants will find it too difficult to return for final testing (i.e. the 6 weeks post admission date) at the Prince of Wales Hospital. -participants who walks with a frame dur to the armband device is unable to detect step counts on this population

Outcome results