September 1, 2015SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

Long-term evaluation of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD

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Why the study?

Is home-based pulmonary rehabilitation an effective long-term alternative to outpatient management in patients with COPD?

Population

Unselected patients with COPD

Comparison

Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation vs Outpatient management

Follow-up

12 months

Authors

BWB. WallaertCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique JGJean‐Marie GrosboisDépartement Santé Animale AGAlice GicquelloGroupe Hospitalier de l'Institut Catholique de Lille

Discussion

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Implication

May support sustained home-based PR in COPD; leaves open confirmation versus outpatient programs in randomized trials.

Structured PICO

Is home-based pulmonary rehabilitation an effective long-term alternative to outpatient management in patients with COPD?

Population

Unselected patients with COPD

Intervention

Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation (including exercise conditioning, therapeutic education, and self-management)

Comparator

Outpatient management

Outcome

Effectiveness at short term, medium term (6 months), and long term (12 months)

Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation is an effective long-term alternative to outpatient management for COPD patients when comprehensive activities are performed.

Cite This Study

Wallaert et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d71b148a0e2c5879bef163 https://doi.org/10.2147/copd.s90534

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Long-term evaluation of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD

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Structured PICO

Cite This Study

Long-term evaluation of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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