Home-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation is Effective in Frail COPD Patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure.

ABSTRACT: Daily life disability and vulnerability is often reported in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic respiratory failure. Although pulmonary rehabilitation is feasible in this population, its benefits on functional status and physical frailty is uncertain. This study aimed to evaluate the short- and medium-term effectiveness of a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation program in COPD patients with chronic respiratory failure. We also evaluate the impact of frailty status on the efficacy of the intervention. Forty-seven participants underwent an 8-week home-based program. Functional capacity, physical frailty (Fried criteria), exercise tolerance, health-related quality of life, general fatigue, and anxiety and depressive symptoms were assessed at baseline (M0), a

SUBMITTER: Gephine S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8893972 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature