The effects of being part of a weekly singing group on health and wellbeing, for people with chronic lung disease who choose not to attend pulmonary rehabilitation programme.

A cohort study of the effects of a weekly singing group (SYLO) for patients with chronic lung disease who decline standard pulmonary rehabilitation

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12616000584437

Enrollment

280

Registered

2016-05-05

Start date

2016-05-13

Completion date

2016-11-11

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study will test the effect of a weekly singing group ( Sing Your Lungs Out) as an alternative to the standard pulmonary rehabilitation programme for those people who decline standard PR.

Interventions

Parallel cohort observational study. SYLO is available to all breathless patients . We are not assigning singing group participation, but prospectively observing those that choose to do it instead of pulmonary rehabilitation Participation in a weekly singing group (Sing Your Lungs Out) 1 hour, once a week, with register of attendance. Participants will be monitored for one year after joining the singing group.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

People living with COPD or chronic lung disease with breathlessness, referred to standard pulmonary rehabilitation programme, who decline or attend less than 3 sessions who choose to participate in the Sing Your Lungs Out weekly singing sessions.

Exclusion criteria

Any conditions that might interfere with the patient's ability to participate in rehabilitation process such as disabling arthritis and unstable angina, or they have active and transmissible respiratory infection eg TB

Outcome results