NCT04694729

Telerehabilitation Approaches in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Patients

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Different Telerehabilitation Approaches in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 54 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a first-line management strategy in chronic obstructive pulmonary patients (COPD) as it reduces shortness of breath, increases exercise capacity, and improves health-related quality of life. However, 8-50% of patients referred to PR do not participate at all, while 10-32% of those who start do not complete the program. Barriers to participation and completion include difficulty in accessing the program, poor mobility, lack of transport, and travel costs. Telerehabilitation is defined as the provision of rehabilitation services through telecommunication technology, including telephone, internet and video conference communications between the patient and the healthcare provider. Different technologies (from phone to video conferencing) have been tested in patients with COPD to enhance daily activities, exercise training and walking prescription. All of them showed positive effects on exercise tolerance, dyspnea, physical activity and quality of life. However, there is no study about which telerehabilitation program is more effective on COPD patients. The aim of this study is to investigate which telerehabilitation approach is more effective in COPD.

Conditions

• Telerehabilitation
• COPD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	videoconference-based	Exercises will be done 3 days a week for 6 weeks, with the help of a physiotherapist via video conference.
OTHER	video-based	The exercise video will be sent to the patients and they will do it 3 days a week for 6 weeks. The subjects will be asked to keep an exercise diary and the status of the diaries will be followed by calling once a week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-01
• Primary completion: 2021-03-01
• Completion: 2021-12-01
• First posted: 2021-01-05
• Last updated: 2021-01-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)