The role of pulmonary rehabilitation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: An overview of systematic reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The role of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has been studied in several systematic reviews (SRs), but no definitive conclusions have been drawn due to the wide variation in the quality and outcomes of the studies. And there are no studies to assess the quality of relevant published SRs. This overview aims to determine the effectiveness of PR in patients with IPF and to summarize and critically evaluate the risk of bias, methodological, and evidence quality of SRs on this related topic.

Methods

With no language restrictions, eight databases were searched from inception to March 10, 2023. The literature search, screening, and data extraction were carried out separately by two reviewers. We assessed the risk of bias using the ROBI

SUBMITTER: Song S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10734956 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature