Efficacy Of Inpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program In Elderly Patients With Acute Exacerbation Of COPD
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: physical therapy program.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: COPD Received PR, Elderly (People Aged 65 or More), COPD, COPD Acute Exacerbation. Basic parameters: 65 years — 78 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Egypt
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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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.
Detailed description
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
Interventions
- Other physical therapy program
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
Primary outcome measures
- 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 outcome measures (3)
- 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) [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 [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]
Eligibility criteria
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
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Quadruple blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Egypt · 1 center
- Faculty of Medicine for Girls- Al-Azhar-University, Cairo, Egypt — Cairo
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07020182 · INPATIENT COPD REHABILITATION