Effect of Self-directed and Supervised Pulmonary Rehabilitation Approach on Cough and Sputum.

Effect of Self-directed and Supervised Pulmonary Rehabilitation Approach on Cough and Sputum Expectoration in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)is a multifactorial, progressive chronic lung disease that causes airflow restriction. Study was conducted To Compare the effects of supervised and self-directed pulmonary rehabilitation on cough and sputum expectoration in patients of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Pulmonary Disease; COPD
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Physiotherapy Treatment

Detailed Description

To Compare the effects of supervised and self-directed pulmonary rehabilitation on cough and sputum expectoration in patients of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It was a randomised control trial and participants were COPD Patients.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 40
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Pakistan
  • KP
    • Peshawar, KP, Pakistan
      • Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 36 years to 56 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age: 40 to 60
• Gender: Both Males & Females.
• Diagnoses with an exacerbation of COPD.
• Informed consent obtained.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to provide informed consent or complete a self-administered questionnaire.
• Patients with trauma.
• Females who were pregnant and breastfeeding.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Group A; home based plan of aerobic exercises, strengthening exercises of upper and lower limbs and huffing and coughing	Other: Physiotherapy Treatment; Pulmonary Rehabilitation Techniques
Placebo Comparator: Group B; Supervised aerobic exercises, strengthening exercises of upper and lower limbs and huffing and coughing	Other: Physiotherapy Treatment; Pulmonary Rehabilitation Techniques

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Six minute walk test	to measure distance walked in six minutes	6 months
Cough & sputum assessment questionnaire.	recall assesses the frequency and severity of cough and sputum and their impact on everyday life	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
leicester cough questionnaire	This questionnaire is designed to assess the impact of cough on various aspects of your life.	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Afridi Medical Complex
• Investigators: Study Director: Syed Alamdar Hussain, Phd, Afridi Medical Complex

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 23, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 28, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): August 21, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 8, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 12, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): September 14, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 14, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 12, 2022
• Last Verified: September 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: 0112

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
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No