Feasibility of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme for patients with symptomatic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Georgia: a single-site, randomised controlled trial from the Breathe Well Group.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the feasibility of delivering a culturally tailored pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programme and conducting a definitive randomised controlled trial (RCT).

Design

A two-arm, randomised feasibility trial with a mixed-methods process evaluation.

Setting

Secondary care setting in Georgia, Europe.

Participants

People with symptomatic spirometry-confirmed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease recruited from primary and secondary care.

Interventions

Participants were randomised in a 1:1 ratio to a control group or intervention comprising 16 twice-weekly group PR sessions tailored to the Georgian setting.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Feasibility of the intervention and RCT were assessed according to: study recruitment

SUBMITTER: Maglakelidze M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9511586 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature