PURE PRIME: Implementing PUlmonary REhabilitation in PRIMary carE: a protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) on exercise capacity, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and prevention of readmission post exacerbation in chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) are well established. However, accessibility to PR programmes is limited by PR programmes mostly being available through hospital clinics only. Utilizing existing workforce and infrastructure in private physiotherapy and exercise physiology practices may be a solution to increase access.

Methods

A mixed-methods assessor-blinded randomized controlled feasibility trial will be conducted in two parts. First, the efficacy of a training programme for private practice (PP) physiotherapists and accredited exercise physiologists who have not previously provided PR will be evaluat

SUBMITTER: Walsh JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12455362 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature