A meta-analysis on the structure of pulmonary rehabilitation maintenance programmes on COPD patients' functional capacity.

ABSTRACT: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improves functional capacity, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in COPD patients, and maintenance programmes are relevant in preserving those improvements. However, little is known about the structure of maintenance programmes after PR. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental and quasi-experimental studies evaluating individuals with COPD admitted to a maintenance PR programme, delivered after an initial PR programme. We reported functional capacity evaluation (6-minute-walking-test), HRQoL, dyspnoea and symptom control. Searches were performed on the 11^th April 2021 using MEDLINE, Embase, EBSCO, CINAHL, Web of Science and Cochrane Library. We extracted summary-level data from trial publications and used a random-effe

SUBMITTER: Silva L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9530215 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature