The purpose of this study is to develop a mindful breathing module to an already effective and developed home based rehabilitation program for guiding COPD patients in a mindful breathing practice and further palliate breathlessness and anxiety.
A breathing technique called Pursed Lipped Breathing (PLB) has been proven to be beneficial for patients with COPD. PLB can ease shortness of breath and reduce stress and anxiety. This study will develop a mindful PLB module to compliment an already developed home based pulmonary rehabilitation program. In this study, patients will be randomized to either a group that does the home based pulmonary rehabilitation with the mindful breathing module and health coaching or a group that does the home based pulmonary rehabilitation with health coaching without the mindful breathing module. Both groups will do the home based pulmonary rehabilitation for 12 weeks. In addition there are questionnaires and the wearing of an activity monitor when you sign up and at 3 and 6 months.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
99
Subjects will wear an activity monitor while doing at home exercises using a computer tablet
Additional module on the computer tablet that involves inhaling and exhaling while following an animated ball on the computer screen.
Weekly coaching calls to discuss rehabilitation and health process using motivational interviewing
Minnesota HealthSolutions Corporporation
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Change in Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire (CRQ)- Dyspnea Score
The CRQ-Dyspnea is a 5-item questionnaire that assesses dyspnea on a Likert scale from 1 (Extremely short of breath) to 7 (Not at all short of breath). Total scores range from 5 - 35. Lower scores indicated higher severity of dyspnea. Higher scores indicate less severity of dyspnea.
Time frame: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months
Change in Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire (CRQ)- Emotions Score
The CRQ-Emotions is a 7-item questionnaire that assesses emotions on a Likert scale from 1 (All of the time) to 7 (None of the time). Total scores range from 7-49. Lower scores indicate more severity of emotions. Higher scores indicate less severity of emotions.
Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months
Change in Daily Physical Activity
Mean change in the number of steps per day
Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months
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