NCT02455206

Counseling During Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Effect of Counseling During Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Self-determined Motivation Towards Physical Activity in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 43 (actual)
• Sponsor: Zurich University of Applied Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate if a physical activity counseling program during pulmonary rehabilitation increases the physical activity level in daily life in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Detailed description

Participants performed a 12 weeks outpatient pulmonary rehab (PR) according to guidelines. Participants allocated to intervention received PR plus physical activity (PA) counselling. PA counselling was performed using "motivational interviewing" techniques and was provided by two experiences physiotherapists independant to the rehab team. After PR and three months follow-up was evaluated if PA counselling during PR increases PA elvel (primary outcome: steps per day) in daily life. Furthermore, individual, semi-structured interviews were performed in a subgroup of participants in order to gain more detailed information about barriers and enablers of participation in daily-life activities. Participants were invited to two interviews, one right after PR the other after 3 months follow up. A content analysis was performed.

Conditions

• COPD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	physical activity counseling	5 face-to-face sessions a 30 minutes during 12 weeks pulmonary rehabilitation program.
BEHAVIORAL	Usual care

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-10-01
• Primary completion: 2020-02-01
• Completion: 2020-02-01
• First posted: 2015-05-27
• Last updated: 2021-04-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland