Effectiveness of Home-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Keywords:
Pulmonary rehabilitation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, noninvasive ventilationAbstract
Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an effective intervention for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However,
uptake of PR is low due to patient frailty, transportation issues and access. Home-based rehabilitation has been introduced
in recent years to palliate the lack of feasibility for many patients to attend traditional center-based PR programs. Hence,
this study was conducted to evaluate COPD patients in home-based PR. A total of 56 patients were evaluated for 6 months’
period in 4 different occasions. It was concluded that home-based PR was effective as improvement occurred in all parameters.
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