Trial reportChest2015
An Internet-Mediated Pedometer-Based Program Improves Health-Related Quality-of-Life Domains and Daily Step Counts in COPD: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Effectiveness of an Automated Walking Program Targeting Veterans With COPD
The Effect of Physical Activity Promotion on Short and Long-term Outcomes in COPD
Who cites it
95 citing papers in PubMed, 19 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of Digital Health Interventions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Web-based pulmonary telehabilitation: a systematic review.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Benefits and Harms of Digital Health Interventions Promoting Physical Activity in People With Chronic Conditions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Physical activity promotion interventions in chronic airways disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Home-Based Training with Internet Telehealth Guidance in COPD Patients Entering Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023Pooled it
- Do physical activity interventions combining self-monitoring with other components provide an additional benefit compared with self-monitoring alone? A systematic review and meta-analysis.British journal of sports medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Self-management interventions for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Efficacy of Web-Based Supportive Interventions in Quality of Life in COPD Patients, a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Behavioural interventions delivered through interactive social media for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Digital interventions for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Telerehabilitation for chronic respiratory disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- An Exploration of the Application of Step Counter-Based Physical Activity Promotion Programs in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in public health · 2021Pooled it
- Behavior Change Techniques Included in Reports of Social Media Interventions for Promoting Health Behaviors in Adults: Content Analysis Within a Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Health Equity in the Effectiveness of Web-Based Health Interventions for the Self-Care of People With Chronic Health Conditions: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions for promoting physical activity in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Use of pedometers as a tool to promote daily physical activity levels in patients with COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2019Pooled it
- Computer and mobile technology interventions for self-management in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Exercise training alone or with the addition of activity counseling improves physical activity levels in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2016Pooled it
- Using step counters to promote physical activity and exercise capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseasePooled it
- A Web-Based, Pedometer-Mediated Intervention Increases Amount and Intensity of Physical Activity in COPD: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026Trial
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Abstract
backgroundLow levels of physical activity (PA) are associated with poor outcomes in people with COPD. Interventions to increase PA could improve outcomes.
methodsWe tested the efficacy of a novel Internet-mediated, pedometer-based exercise intervention. Veterans with COPD (N = 239) were randomized in a 2:1 ratio to the (1) intervention group (Omron HJ-720 ITC pedometer and Internet-mediated program) or (2) wait-list control group (pedometer). The primary outcome was health-related quality of life (HRQL), assessed by the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), at 4 months. We examined the SGRQ total score (SGRQ-TS) and three domain scores: Symptoms, Activities, and Impact. The secondary outcome was daily step counts. Linear regression models assessed the effect of intervention on outcomes.
resultsParticipants had a mean age of 67 ± 9 years, and 94% were men. There was no significant between-group difference in mean 4-month SGRQ-TS (2.3 units, P = .14). Nevertheless, a significantly greater proportion of intervention participants than control subjects had at least a 4-unit improvement in SGRQ-TS, the minimum clinically important difference (53% vs 39%, respectively, P = .05). For domain scores, the intervention group had a lower (reflecting better HRQL) mean than the control group by 4.6 units for Symptoms (P = .046) and by 3.3 units for Impact (P = .049). There was no significant difference in Activities score between the two groups. Compared with the control subjects, intervention participants walked 779 more steps per day at 4 months (P = .005).
conclusionsAn Internet-mediated, pedometer-based walking program can improve domains of HRQL and daily step counts at 4 months in people with COPD. TRIAL REGISTRY: Clinical Trials.gov; No.: NCT01102777; URL: www.clinicaltrials.gov.
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