Efficacy Of Inpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program In Elderly Patients With Acute Exacerbation Of COPD

N/ANot Yet RecruitingNCT07020182

Al-Azhar University60 enrolled

Overview

The study aimed to identify the effect of early pulmonary rehabilitation in elderly patients with Acute exacerbation (AE) of COPD (AECOPD) in exercise tolerance, dyspnea, sleep quality, fatigue, and time to discharge from hospital.

A prospective supervised RCT (Randomized Controlled Trial) will be done include elderly COPD patients assigned randomly into two groups; Group A performed Physical therapy program, and Group B is control group completed two daily sessions from day 1 of hospital admission till discharge from the hospital .The study duration will be 12 weeks

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

COPD Received PR Elderly (People Aged 65 or More)COPD COPD Acute Exacerbation

Interventions

physical therapy programOTHER

Group A will performed a physical therapy program that completed two daily sessions till discharge from the hospital .Exercise training starts from randomisation until hospital discharge,and administered twice per day, seven times per week. The study will be start from day 1 of hospital admission till discharge from the hospital.The study duration will be 12 weeks

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 YearsMax age: 78 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with acute exacerbation of COPD in both gender * Patient older than 65 years * Patient with clear consciousness * Patients had been diagnosed with shortness of breath or dyspnea that was not caused by heart disease, pneumothorax, or pulmonary edema Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with systolic blood pressure lower than 90 mmHg * Patient with an unstable psychological status, hemoptysis, pneumothorax, pulmonary edema

Locations (1)

Faculty of Medicine for Girls- Al-Azhar-University, Cairo, Egypt

Cairo, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Exercise tolerance

The 6 minute walk test(6MWT)in meter to asses exercise tolerance

Time frame: The study will be start from day 1 of hospital admission till discharge from the hospital.The study duration will be 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Dyspnea

(The Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC )scale to assess Dyspnea)

Time frame: The study will be start from day 1 of hospital admission till discharge from the hospital.The study duration will be 12 weeks

Length of hospital stay(LOS)

(Number of days to assess length of stay in hospital (LOS) from admission to hospital to discharge from hospital)

Time frame: The study will be start from day 1 of hospital admission till discharge from the hospital.The study duration will be 12 weeks

Fatigue level

Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS)to assess fatigue)

Time frame: The study will be start from day 1 of hospital admission till discharge from the hospital.The study duration will be 12 weeks

Central Contacts

Marwa Mohammed, Phd -university lecturer

CONTACT

+201000253865 dr.marwamohammed@p.bsu.edu.eg

Marwa Mohammed

CONTACT

dr.marwamohammed@p.bsu.edu.eg

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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