Predictors of Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Uptake, Adherence, Completion, and Treatment Response Among Male U.S. Veterans With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine predictors of uptake (never start), adherence (drop out), and completion of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), as well as PR treatment response based on minimal clinically important difference (MCID) on the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) distance and Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire-Self-Report (CRQ-SR).

Design

Retrospective, cohort study.

Setting

Veterans Health Administration.

Participants

U.S. veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (N=253) referred to PR between 2010 and 2018.

Interventions

Outpatient PR program.

Main outcome measures

Participants completed baseline (time 1) measures of depression (Beck Depression Inventory-II), health-related quality of life (CRQ-SR), self-efficacy (Exercise Self-Regulatory Eff

SUBMITTER: Bamonti PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9662698 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature