ArticleInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Effects of community-based pulmonary rehabilitation in 33 municipalities in Denmark - results from the KOALA project.
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- Use of Singing for Lung Health as an alternative training modality within pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD: a randomised controlled trial.The European respiratory journal · 2022Trial
- Constructing Modern Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Another Brick from the Wall.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023Article
- Reference Equation of a New Incremental Step Test to Assess Exercise Capacity in the Portuguese Adult Population.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Embedding Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Home and Community Setting: A Rapid Review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Review
- Time-ordered comorbidity correlations identify patients at risk of mis- and overdiagnosis.NPJ digital medicine · 2021Article
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Highly Effective but Often Overlooked.Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe positive impact of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in patients with COPD is well documented. However, little is known regarding the effect of this treatment in community-based settings. Since 2007, all Danish municipalities have been offering PR to patients with moderate to severe COPD, whereas patients with very severe disease or those suffering from many comorbidities were referred to outpatient hospital-based PR.
objectiveTo analyze the effect of a standardized PR program conducted in a community-based setting on exercise capacity and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
methodsThis is a real-life study including data from patients attending PR at one of the 33 healthcare centers in Denmark during the period 2011-2012. For the purpose of registration and for quality assurance, the KOALA database was established and this web-based registration instrument was offered free of charge to every municipality. Measures included sociodemographic and health-related variables and outcomes were exercise capacity and HRQoL assessed by 6-minute walking distance (6MWD) and the 15D questionnaire, respectively, at the beginning (baseline) and after completion of PR. Relative improvements in 6MWD and 15D were analyzed with multivariable linear models in patients who attended >50% of the sessions.
resultsA total of 581 patients completed the PR (72% of those included). We found statistically significant and clinically meaningful differences between baseline and end of rehabilitation values for both main outcomes with a mean change in 6MWD of 45 m, and the magnitude of improvement corresponds to other findings. Furthermore, relative improvements in 6MWD and 15D were correlated, as was the relative change in 15D and baseline Medical Research Council scores.
conclusionStandardized, multidisciplinary PR conducted in a community-based setting showed good adherence to the program and produced effects on exercise capacity and HRQoL that were clinically meaningful and comparable in size to hospital-based PR.
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