Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Respiratory Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Self-management intervention:
A Self-management Programme of Activity, Coping and Education (SPACE) for COPD. Participants in this group will receive a 171-page A4 workbook comprising
Sponsors
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adults with an establised diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [ratio of the forced expiratory volume in the first one second to the forced vital capacity of the lungs (FEV1/FVC ratio <70%)] 2. Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnoea grade of 2-5
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with significant neurological, locomotive, cardiac or psychological conditions which would exclude them from exercising 2. Those unwilling to participate 3. Who have participated in Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the previous 12 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life as determined by the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (self-reported) - Dyspnoea domain, measured at baseline, after the intervention at 7 weeks and 6 months later | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measured at the initial assessment, and at 7 weeks and 6 months after this assessment: 1. Chronic Respiratory Quesionnaire (Self-reported) - fatigue, emotion and mastery domains 2. Pulmonary Rehabilitation Adapted Index of Self-Efficacy (PRAISE) 3. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) 4. Exercise tolerance (Incremental and Endurance Shuttle Walk Tests) 5. Daily physical activity (measured by wearing SenseWear accelerometers for 5 days) | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed