PMID- 25312798
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151102
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1873-1465 (Electronic)
IS  - 0031-9406 (Linking)
VI  - 101
IP  - 1
DP  - 2015 Mar
TI  - Differences in patient outcomes between a 6, 7 and 8 week pulmonary 
      rehabilitation programme: A service evaluation.
PG  - 62-8
LID - S0031-9406(14)00043-1 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.physio.2014.04.002 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate changes and differences in patient outcomes over time 
      for 6, 7 and 8 week pulmonary rehabilitation programmes in order to identify 
      optimal duration. SETTING: Community based pulmonary rehabilitation programmes in 
      the East of England. PARTICIPANTS: In total 363 participants completed one of the 
      three pulmonary rehabilitation programmes. Patients with a chronic respiratory 
      condition showing a commitment to the pulmonary rehabilitation programme and no 
      contraindications to exercise were included. INTERVENTION: Pulmonary 
      rehabilitation twice a week for 6, 7 or 8 weeks. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: St 
      Georges Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ), 
      Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Incremental Shuttle Walk Test 
      (ISWT). RESULTS: All programmes showed improvements in ISWT post rehabilitation, 
      with the 8 week programme showing the greatest improvement. CONCLUSION: Findings 
      show that greatest improvements in terms of exercise capacity may be seen from 8 
      week pulmonary rehabilitation programmes, but that improvement for the ISWT can 
      be obtained from 6, 7 or 8 week programmes.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 
      All rights reserved.
FAU - Andrews, Leanne
AU  - Andrews L
AD  - School of Health and Human Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, 
      Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK. Electronic address: landre@essex.ac.uk.
FAU - Barlow, Ruth
AU  - Barlow R
AD  - COPD Team, Central Essex Community Services, West Wing 2, Broomfield Hospital, 
      Hospital Approach, Chelmsford CM1 7ET, UK. Electronic address: 
      ruth.barlow@nhs.net.
FAU - Easton, Izzie
AU  - Easton I
AD  - School of Health and Human Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, 
      Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK. Electronic address: eeaston@essex.ac.uk.
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20140421
PL  - England
TA  - Physiotherapy
JT  - Physiotherapy
JID - 0401223
SB  - IM
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Confidence Intervals
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Program Development
MH  - Program Evaluation
MH  - Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/*diagnosis/*rehabilitation
MH  - Respiratory Function Tests
MH  - Respiratory Therapy/*methods
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - State Medicine/organization & administration
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - United Kingdom
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - COPD
OT  - Duration of programme
OT  - Pulmonary rehabilitation
EDAT- 2014/10/15 06:00
MHDA- 2015/11/03 06:00
CRDT- 2014/10/15 06:00
PHST- 2013/10/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/04/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/10/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/10/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/11/03 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0031-9406(14)00043-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.physio.2014.04.002 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Physiotherapy. 2015 Mar;101(1):62-8. doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2014.04.002. Epub 2014 
      Apr 21.