Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease COPD
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients (males and females) with physician diagnosed COPD (confirmed by pulmonary function testing), across the various GOLD stages from mild to very severe COPD. - age > 40 years - adequate oral fluency to enable participation in an interview - willing and able to provide written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - institutionalised patients (nursing home or psychiatric unit) - patients with documented dementia or other mental impairment such that they are unable to provide informed consent or complete the required tasks - patients in palliative care - patients who don't speak and write the local or country language - participants with major co-morbidities, which in the physician's opinion could have significant impact on physical activity. These include recent myocardial infarction, stroke, other cardiovascular conditions, rheumatologic disease (including arthritis and other musculoskeletal pain that affects their ability to exercise), neurological illness (including severe neuropathic pain that affects their ability to exercise), or traumatic injury, lung cancer, concurrent asthma, history of drug or alcohol abuse.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The development of a conceptual model of physical activity and, subsequently, the development of a Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) to assess physical acticity in COPD patients. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed