PMID- 21339371
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110617
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 1479-9731 (Electronic)
IS  - 1479-9723 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 1
DP  - 2011
TI  - Effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in bronchiectasis: A retrospective study.
PG  - 21-30
LID - 10.1177/1479972310391282 [doi]
AB  - There is limited information about the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) 
      in patients with bronchiectasis. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of an 
      out-patient PR program in patients with a primary diagnosis of bronchiectasis and 
      to compare them with a matched COPD group who completed the same PR program. A 
      retrospective review was conducted of patients with bronchiectasis or COPD who 
      completed 6 to 8 weeks of PR at two tertiary institutions. The outcome measures 
      were the 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) and Chronic Respiratory Disease 
      Questionnaire (CRQ). Ninety-five patients with bronchiectasis completed the PR 
      (48 male; FEV(1) 63 [24] % predicted; age 67 [10] years). Significant 
      improvements in 6MWD (mean change 53.4 m, 95% CI 45.0 to 61.7) and CRQ total 
      score (mean change 14.0 units, 95% CI 11.3 to 16.7) were observed immediately 
      following PR. In patients with complete follow-up (n = 37), these improvements 
      remained significantly higher than baseline at 12 months (20.5 m, 95% CI 1.4 to 
      39.5 for 6MWD; 12.1 points, 95% CI 5.7 to 18.4 for CRQ total score). The time 
      trend and changes in the 6MWD and CRQ scores were not significantly different 
      between the bronchiectasis and the COPD groups (all p > 0.05). This study 
      supports the inclusion of patients with bronchiectasis in existing PR programs. 
      Further prospective RCTs are warranted to substantiate these findings.
FAU - Ong, H K
AU  - Ong HK
AD  - Physiotherapy, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 
      Victoria, Australia.
FAU - Lee, A L
AU  - Lee AL
FAU - Hill, C J
AU  - Hill CJ
FAU - Holland, A E
AU  - Holland AE
FAU - Denehy, L
AU  - Denehy L
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Chron Respir Dis
JT  - Chronic respiratory disease
JID - 101197408
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Analysis of Variance
MH  - Bronchiectasis/*rehabilitation
MH  - Exercise Test
MH  - *Exercise Therapy
MH  - Exercise Tolerance/*physiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Forced Expiratory Volume/physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Patient Education as Topic
MH  - Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/rehabilitation
MH  - Quality of Life
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Walking/*physiology
EDAT- 2011/02/23 06:00
MHDA- 2011/06/18 06:00
CRDT- 2011/02/23 06:00
PHST- 2011/02/23 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/02/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/06/18 06:00 [medline]
AID - 8/1/21 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/1479972310391282 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Chron Respir Dis. 2011;8(1):21-30. doi: 10.1177/1479972310391282.