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The feasibility of early pulmonary rehabilitation and activity after COPD exacerbations

其他書名	external pilot randomised controlled trial, qualitative case study and exploratory economic evaluation
出版	National Institute for Health Research, 2018
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=gXoV0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects > 3 million people in the UK. Acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) are the second most common reason for emergency hospital admission in the UK. Pulmonary rehabilitation is usual care for stable COPD but there is little evidence for early pulmonary rehabilitation (EPR) following AECOPD, either in hospital or immediately post discharge. Objective To assess the feasibility of recruiting patients, collecting data and delivering EPR to patients with AECOPD to evaluate EPR compared with usual care. Design Parallel-group, pilot 2 × 2 factorial randomised trial with nested qualitative research and an economic analysis. Setting Two acute hospital NHS trusts. Recruitment was carried out from September 2015 to April 2016 and follow-up was completed in July 2016. Participants Eligible patients were those aged ≥ 35 years who were admitted with AECOPD, who were non-acidotic and who maintained their blood oxygen saturation leve ...