Telerehabilitation in COPD

NCT05053061 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: IGHCEAH-ICU6
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 21
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Turkey is 10%. Patients with COPD have a decreased physical capacity. Decreased physical activity in COPD patients causes an increase in all-cause mortality. Pulmonary rehabilitation contributes to increasing physical capacity and quality of life in COPD patients. However, a limited number of patients have access to pulmonary rehabilitation. Some of the patients drop out of pulmonary rehabilitation due to reasons such as transport difficulties, low social support, and low professional support. In addition, disruption of daily routine is one of the important reasons for this situation. Telerehabilitation can enable more patients to access pulmonary rehabilitation. Education and exercise programs can be followed with telerehabilitation in patients with COPD. An increase in exercise capacity and a decrease in dyspnea have been achieved with telerehabilitation in COPD patients. Different technologies such as telephone, video conferencing or web sites can be used for telerehabilitation. Also, mobile phone was used to telerehabilitation. To make pulmonary telerehabilitation completely patient-based, we have developed an application suitable for smartphones. The application contains videos which showing how to perform pulmonary rehabilitation exercise videos, and it allows the participants to follow up compliance with pulmonary rehabilitation daily. The application will be downloaded to the smartphones of the participants, and it will be shown how to use the application. Participants will not be shown pulmonary rehabilitation exercises. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of telerehabilitation with the application program on physical capacity, quality of life, and dyspnea perception in COPD patients.

Conditions

COPD

Keywords

COPD; Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Telerehabilitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 6-min walk test (6MWT)

  exercise capacity

  8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Short Form-36 (SF-36)

  8 weeks

• St George's Respiratory Questionnaire

  8 weeks

Study Arms (1)

Telerehabilitation Arm

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Application program for pulmonary rehabilitation

Interventions

Application program for pulmonary rehabilitation BEHAVIORAL

Exercise videos for pulmonary rehabilitation

Telerehabilitation Arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age ≥ 18 years
• Being diagnosed with COPD
• Not have previously participated in pulmonary rehabilitation
• To able to use smartphone

You may not qualify if:

• Under age 18
• Pregnancy
• Have previously participated in pulmonary rehabilitation
• Having any malignacy
• Having any disorder that limit exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Izmir Dr Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Surgery Education and Research Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

1University of Health Sciences Turkey, Dr Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Intensive Care Unit

Izmir, 35110, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Chronic Disease; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor Doctor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 13, 2021
• First Posted: September 22, 2021
• Study Start: August 25, 2021
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2024
• Study Completion: January 31, 2025
• Last Updated: October 15, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)