Compliance and rehabilitation effects of Zheng's supine rehabilitation exercise performed at home among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Zheng's supine rehabilitation exercise (ZSRE) can be performed by elderly patients with the acute exacerbation of severe or extremely severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with high safety and compliance and was helpful for their recovery. Investigation is warranted of the compliance and rehabilitation effects of ZSRE performed at home in patients with COPD.

Methods

We performed telephone interviews with 157 patients with COPD who were hospitalized on the 26th floor of the National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease and who received COPD education and ZSRE training from 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2016. We retrospectively analyzed the patients' compliance with performing ZSRE at home after discharge and the frequency of hospitalizatio

SUBMITTER: Liu N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10797367 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature