COPD heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
Patients in the intervention group will participate in a community-based
physical exercies programme. In this programme, patients will exercise in small
groups under supervision of a community based
Sponsors
Medisch Spectrum Twente
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Age between 40 and 75 years - A clinical diagnosis of COPD defined by the GOLD-criteria stage 2 and 3 - A diagnosis of chronic heart failure defined by NYHA class II-III - A left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Serious other diseases with a survival rate of less than 1 year - Other diseases which generate symptoms of dyspnoea and/or decreased exercise capacity, or which seriously influence the ability to walk - Participation in a pulmonary or cardiac rehabilitation programme less than 1 year ago
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome measure is exercise capacity measured with the 6 Minutes Walking Test, and daily activity rate, measured by pedometer. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes are: health-related quality of life (disease specific: Clinical COPD Questionnaire, Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire, and generic: Euroqol 5D, SF-36), health-related behaviour (European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour Scale) and self-efficacy (COPD Self-efficacy scale), and exercise capacity measured with the Incremental Shuttle Walk Test. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed