Home-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Patients

N/ANot Yet RecruitingNCT04820257

Karolinska Institutet80 enrolled

Overview

Objectives The objective of this project is to motivate patients with COPD to incorporate the habit of doing daily mindful physical activity by using the proposed home-based pulmonary rehabilitation program that integrates video guided exercises, activity monitoring daily steps and health coaching. This program will allow patients to complete Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) at home and promote behavior change and lead to a more active lifestyle for patients with COPD who have been prescribed PR. The program will be able to effectively monitor daily step count. A health coach will receive more this detailed data and will guide weekly health coaching sessions designed to increase awareness of the physical activities completed and ignite inner motivation for healthy behaviors. The proposed PR program is innovative and responds to an unmet need in chronic care for COPD patients in the context of COVID-19 pandemic and it mitigates the common accessibility barriers.

Specific aims will guide the proposed project: * Aim 1: To determine the feasibility of the proposed home-based PR program. We will additionally address adherence and appropriateness of the program. * Aim 2: To determine improvements in quality of life and mental health of the proposed home-based PR determined. * Aim 3: To evaluate if the average number of daily step counts increase after the home-based PR program

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

COPD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 40 YearsMax age: 100 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Men and women age 40 years and older * FEV1 \<80% or less (forced expiratory volume in one second) as documented by pulmonary function. * Medical diagnosis of COPD, GOLD classification B,D, and C based on symptoms and history of exacerbations. * The patients must be able to access a smart-phone or computer tablet with internet service. Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to perform low intensity exercise. * Patients with a high likelihood of being lost to follow-up or contact (patients with active chemical dependency), are planning to move, are not living in the healthcare area. * Patients with an inability to provide good data or follow commands (patients who are disoriented, have a severe neurologic or psychiatric condition).

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Disease specific quality of life

Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ)

Time frame: 8-12 weeks

Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea scale (mMRC),

Dyspnea

Time frame: 8-12 weeks

COPD assessment Test (CAT)

assess symptoms of breathing

Time frame: 8-12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

GAD to asses anxiety and depression symptoms

assessing anxiety and depression symptoms

Time frame: 8-12 weeks

Online breathing and mindful movement exercises/ exercise routine

Total time performing the breathing exercises

Time frame: 8-12 weeks

Activity monitoring

number of steps

Time frame: 8-12 weeks

Home-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Patients

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