Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Conditions
Keywords
COPD, rehabilitation, quality of life
Brief summary
Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) may benefit from an 8-week pulmonary rehabilitation programme. However, the effect of the programme tends to attenuate with time. Patients who complete the programme are randomized to continued rehabilitation follow-up and control follow-up.
Detailed description
Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) may benefit from an 8-week pulmonary rehabilitation programme according to guidelines of the Danish Society of Pulmonary Medicine. However, the effect of programme tends to attenuate with time. Patients who complete the programme are randomized to continued rehabilitation follow-up and control follow-up.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALfollow-up rehabilitation of participants with COPD
Sponsors
Ministry of the Interior and Health, Denmark
Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* FEV1 \< 60% of expected
Exclusion criteria
* Other severe chronic conditions
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Disease specific Quality of Life | — |
| Work Capacity | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of days admitted to hospital | — |
Countries
Denmark
Contacts
Primary ContactSusanne Vest, MD
Backup ContactAllan Linneberg, MD
Outcome results
None listed