Impact of pulmonary rehabilitation in sleep in COPD patients measured by actigraphy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients have poor sleep quality, longer time to sleep onset and frequent nocturnal awakenings. Poor sleep quality in COPD is associated with poor quality of life (QoL), increased exacerbations and increased mortality. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improves functional status and QoL in COPD but effects on sleep are unclear. PR improves subjective sleep quality but there is paucity of objective actigraphy data. We hypothesized that actigraphy would demonstrate subjective and objective improvement in sleep following PR. Paired comparisons (t-test or Wilcoxon-signed-rank test) were performed before and after PR data on all variables.

Methods

This retrospective study of COPD patients undergoing PR utilized actigraphy watc

SUBMITTER: Thapamagar SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7963048 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature