Falling in Patients With COPD Referred to Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Incidence, Risk Factors and Prediction Tools

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02434198

Enrollment

100

Registered

2015-05-05

Start date

2015-01-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-05-05

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Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Keywords

pulmonary rehabilitation, balance assessment, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Brief summary

The primary aim of this study is to investigate the incidence of falling in a cohort of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) referred to a pulmonary rehabilitation program and to verify the risk factors. The secondary aim is to verify whether available balance assessment tools are feasible in clinical practice and which tools and values can best predict falls in people with COPD.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with a primary diagnosis of COPD according to internationally accepted guidelines * All patients referred to the outpatient PR program of Gasthuisberg University Hospital (Leuven, Belgium).

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
incidence of falling	6 months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
association between falling status and the score in balance tests	6 months

Countries

Belgium

Contacts

Primary ContactThierry Troosters, PhD

thierry.troosters@kuleuven.be

Outcome results