A study to find out the effect of three breathing techniques on quality of life and outcome among chornic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients

Effectiveness of Pulmonary Interventions(PI) on Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) and Clinical outcomes(CO) among Chornic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2018/01/011501

Enrollment

140

Registered

2018-01-23

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Interventions

Intervention1: Pulmonary Interventions(PI): pulmonary interventions are pursed lip breathing tec hnique, diaphragmatic breathing technique and incentive spirometry Control Intervention1: control group

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1 Patients with mild to moderate COPD, admitted in the wards. 2 Age 40 years and above 3 Both males and females

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The COPD patients those who are, 1. in acute exacerbation 2. with severe dyspnea. 3. mentally ill and who have participated in any pulmonary rehabilitation program for the past 6 months.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Health Related Quality of Life(HRQL)Timepoint: 6 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Clinical Outcome (CO)Timepoint: 6 months	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactFlavia Castelino

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

mm.prabhu@manipal.edu9632118700

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026