Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Respiratory Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Conditions
Interventions
Participants will be identified from clinical service during routine assessment for pulmonary rehabilitation. If interested will be given an information sheet and an appointment for consenting made f
approximately 8 weeks and there will be no follow up.
Sponsors
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18 years or above 2. Diagnosis of COPD (FEV1/FEV <0.7 measured by spirometry) 3. Stable condition, medically optimised and free of exacerbations for 30 days 4. Able (in the investigators opinion) and willing to comply with all study requirements; able to appropriately place the activity monitor device to their person 5. Willing and able to give informed consent 6. Willing to undergo a course of pulmonary rehabilitation at Glenfield Hospital
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Comorbidities that would limit participation in a pulmonary rehabilitation programme such as significant musculoskeletal, neurological or psychological conditions 2. Comorbidities that contraindicate field exercise tests such as severe ventricular dysfunction, severe aortic stenosis, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, severe pulmonary hypertension, myocardial infarction within previous 6 weeks, hypertension with resting systolic pressure >210mmHg and/or diastolic pressure >110mmHg, abdominal aortic aneurysm >5.5cm in diameter 3. Unwilling to enrol onto the supervised outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation programme 4. No diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 5. Unable/unwilling to use activity monitor device throughout pulmonary rehabilitation 6. Any other significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the investigator, may either put the participants at risk because of participation in the study, or may influence the result of the study, or the participant’s ability to participate in the study 7. Unable to understand written or spoken English
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Agreement between participant reported exercise bouts and data uploaded from activity monitor device at each rehabilitation class visit 2. Agreement of walking intensity (steps per minute) from uploaded data identifying exercise bouts and prescribed walking intensity | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Physical activity levels of participants across the course of pulmonary rehabilitation measured by average daily step count uploaded from the activity monitor device from week one to week six of the programme | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed