Impact of telephone follow-up on COPD outcomes in pulmonary rehabilitation patients: A randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The educational component is a comprehensive part of Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR), and telephone follow-up (TFU) is an alternative to reinforce face-to-face education. The objective was to determine the effect of telephone follow-up on educational needs, dyspnea, quality of life and functional capacity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients undergoing PR.

Methods

Double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial in patients with COPD in a PR program in Cali-Colombia, allocation by randomization tables. All patients received 24 sessions of PR, which included face-to-face education sessions. In addition, the experimental group received telephone calls twice a week to reinforce the face-to-face educational content. The Lung Information Needs Questi

SUBMITTER: Tonguino Rosero S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10710309 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature