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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27769| Title: | Home versus outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: A propensity-matched cohort study |
| Authors: | Nolan, CM Kaliaraju, D Jones, SE Patel, S Barker, R Walsh, JA Wynne, S Man, W |
| Issue Date: | 5-Jul-2019 |
| Publisher: | BMJ Publishing |
| Citation: | Nolan, C.M. et al. (2019) 'Home versus outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: A propensity-matched cohort study', Thorax, 74, pp. 996 - 998. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212765. |
| Abstract: | Copyright © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Home-based exercise has been proposed as an equivalent treatment strategy to supervised outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), but it is not known whether its implementation into clinical practice produces similar benefits to those observed in trials. We compared the real-world responses of 154 patients with COPD undergoing home-based exercise with a matched group attending supervised PR. We observed smaller improvements in exercise capacity with home-based exercise compared with PR, but similar improvements in quality of life. We propose that supervised PR remains the standard of care, with home-based exercise a less effective alternative for those unable to attend PR. |
| URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27769 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212765 |
| ISSN: | 0040-6376 |
| Other Identifiers: | ORCID iD: Claire M. Nolan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9067-599X ORCID iD: Jessica A Walsh http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9103-3945 |
| Appears in Collections: | Dept of Health Sciences Research Papers |
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