Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic and People Living With Chronic Respiratory Diseases

Impact of Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Non-infected People With Chronic Respiratory Diseases

Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to clinical and functional deterioration of people living with chronic respiratory diseases (CRD). As they are considered risk group for COVID-19, it is not recommended that they leave their house and have interaction with people outside. Thus, most of them have not been attend Pulmonary Rehabilitation sections since the beginning of pandemic, neither exercising outdoor, experiencing drastic restrictions in their activities of daily living.

It is well known that low level of physical activity in daily life (PADL) in this population is related to poor prognosis, including higher chance of hospitalization due to exacerbation and mortality. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the short- and mid-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the clinical, physical and functional conditions and the PADL level of people living with CRD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and interstitial lung diseases).

Participants will be assessed during the social isolation period and they will be reassessed immediately after release from social isolation. Thus, the subjects will be followed-up during 12 months to record symptoms, functional status, quality of life, exacerbations and hospitalizations.

The researchers' hypothesis is that those patients will present very low level of PADL in association to sedentarism, poor functional status, more symptoms of dyspnoea, anxiety and depression, poor sleep quality and, consequently, will present more episodes of acute exacerbation of the disease and more hospital admission during the study protocol.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Asthma Chronic

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 94

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Nidia A Hernandes, PhD; Phone Number: +55 43 3371 2477; Email: nyhernandes@gmail.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Fabio Pitta, PhD; Phone Number: +55 43 3371 2477; Email: fabiopitta@uol.com.br

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • Paraná
    • Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, 86038-350
      • Recruiting
      • Laboratory of Reasearch in Respiratory Physiotherapy, State University of Londrina
      • Contact: Nidia A Hernandes, PhD; Phone Number: +55 43 3371 2477; Email: nyhernandes@gmail.com
      • Contact: Fabio Pitta, PhD; Phone Number: +55 43 3371 2477; Email: fabiopitta@uol.com.br

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Subjects living with a chronic lung disease who are not infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma or interstitial lung disease;
• Absence of any severe and/or unstable cardiac disease;
• Absence of any orthopedic or neuromuscular condition that limits physical activity in daily life.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Desire to leave the study at any time;
• Infection with SARS-CoV-2 during the study protocol.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Physical activity in daily life	The totality of voluntary movement produced by skeletal muscles during everyday functioning will be assess by an activity monitor (ActiGraph) which will provide data of number of steps per day, and time spent in postures and activities of different intensities.	24 months
Patient's perception of physical activity in daily life	The questionnaire PROactive Physical Activity in COPD, that measures the patients' percpetion of physical activities performed in daily living, will be used to complement the evaluation of physical activity level. It is composed by 12 items that evaluate difficulty in performing activities in daily life. Each item scores from 0 to 4; the total score is provided by summing all items and higher scores indicate higher physical activity level.	24 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Dyspnoea sensation in daily living	The Medical Research Council (MRC) scale will be used to assess limitation in activities of daily living due to dyspnoea sensation. The scale varies from 1 to 5 points; higher scores indicate higher limitation due to dyspnoea.	24 months
Acute exacerbation	Acute exacerbations are episodes of acute worsening of the respiratory symptoms of patients with chronic lung disease, that result in additional therapy. Occurrence of those episodes during the research protocol will be self-reported in the visits.	24 months
Hospitalization	Hospital admission due to respiratory conditions. Occurrence of this event during the research protocol will be self-reported in the visits.	24 months
Functional status	Functional status is an individual's ability to perform normal daily activities required to meet basic needs, fulfill usual roles, and maintain health and well-being. The London Chest Activity of Daily Living (LCADL) scale, a validated tool to assess patients with chronic pulmonary disease, will be used to assess functional limitation. The scale is composed by 15 items divided in 4 domains; each item is scored from 0 to 5 points, indicating to what extent dyspnoea sensation limits functionality. The total score is calculated by summing all items; higher scores indicate worse functional status.	24 months
Health-related Quality of life	Quality of life is a term used to refer to an individual's total well-being. An specific questionnaire, the Brazilian version of the Modified Saint George´s Respiratory Questionnaire (mSGRQ), will be used to assess those patients with COPD and asthma. It is composed by 50 items that evaluate limitation of quality of life due to respiratory symptoms; they are divided in 3 domains: symptoms, activity and impact. Patients' responses are "agree" or "do not agree". The total score is calculated by summing the 3 domains; higher scores indicate worse quality of life.	24 months
Health-related Quality of life	Quality of life is a term used to refer to an individual's total well-being. An specific questionnaire, the Brazilian version of the Saint George´s Respiratory Questionnaire specifically developed for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients (SGRQ-I), will be used to assess those patients with interstitial lung diseases. It is composed by 34 items that evaluate limitation of quality of life due to respiratory symptoms; they are divided in 3 domains: symptoms, activity and impact. The total score is calculated by summing the 3 domains varing from 0 to 100; higher scores indicate more impaired quality of life.	24 months
Sleep quality	Sleep quality is defined as one's satisfaction of the sleep experience, integrating aspects of sleep initiation, sleep maintenance, sleep quantity, and refreshment upon awakening. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) will be used to asssess sleep quality. It is composed by 19 item grouped into 7 components: sleep duration, sleep disturbance, sleep latency, daytime dysfunction due to sleepiness, sleep efficiency, overall sleep quality, sleep medication use. Each of the sleep components yields a score ranging from 0 to 3; the total score is provided by summing all components, ranging from 0 to 21 points with the higher total score indicating worse sleep quality.	24 months
Anxiety and depression	Presence of symptoms of anxiety and depression that the patients are experiencing will be assess by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). It is a 14-item scale with 7 items each for anxiety and depression subscales. Scoring for each item ranges from 0 to 3. A subscale score > 8 indicates anxiety or depression.	24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidade Estadual de Londrina
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Nidia A Hernandes, PhD, State University of Londrina

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 16, 2020
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): October 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): October 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 30, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 31, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): January 5, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 5, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 31, 2020
• Last Verified: December 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: physical inactivity; sedentarism; chronic lung diseases
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Lung Diseases; COVID-19; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; Pulmonary Fibrosis; Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Respiration Disorders; Respiratory Tract Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: PIDS-PC

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No