Supervised pulmonary tele-rehabilitation and individualized home-based pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD, unable to participate in center-based programs. The protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial - the REPORT study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) costs EURO 1.4 billion annually in healthcare costs. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a vital aspect of care for patients with COPD, but despite the compelling evidence, it is delivered to less than 30%. Frequent transport to the center-based program is regularly reported as reasons for non-attendance. The effectiveness and feasibility of pulmonary tele-rehabilitation (PTR) and home-based pulmonary rehabilitation (HPR) have never been investigated in patients with COPD who are unable to attend conventional outpatient PR.

Materials and methods

This study is a multicenter randomized controlled trial consisting of three parallel groups; PTR, HPR and a control group. 180 patients with moderate to very severe COPD, who are

SUBMITTER: Nielsen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11706455 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature