Mild to severe COPD COPD Self management pulmonary rehabilitation
Conditions
Interventions
A home-
based exercise by walking for at least 20 minutes a day,
6 weeks course,
with maximum effort at 4 score of BORG scale or more and general practice,General practice only
Experimental Behavioral,No Intervention No treatment
Self-
Management Pulmonary Rehabilitation,General Practice
Sponsors
Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University
Siriraj Hospital,
Mahidol University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
0 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with COPD and post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC < 0.7 2. FEV1 is not less than 30% of normal predicted 3. Age not more than 80 years old 4. Good apperception, communicable, and able to writing and reading in Thai 5. Not being in any programs of exercise
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Having any conditions that can be danger to the walking for exercise as following: - Acute myocardial infarction within 3 months - Heart failure - Cardiac arrhythmia such as atrial fibrillation, frequent PVC's, etc. - Heart rate is more than 120 BPM or less than 50 BPM - Systolic blood pressure is more than 180 mmHg or less than 90 mmHg - Muscle weakness at arms and legs, or having a problem of settled - Bone or joint diseases that obstacle to exercise 2. Too much of dyspnea even be in resting, mMRC score is 4
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 6-Minute Walk Test 0, 6, 12 Weeks Distance in meters,CAT 0, 6, 12 Weeks Score,mMRC 0, 6, 12 Weeks Score | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| CAT 0, 6, 12 Weeks Score,mMRC 0, 6, 12 Weeks Score | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactSutat Pipopsuthipaiboon
Siriraj Hospital
Outcome results
None listed