1. Respiratory rehabilitation in patients with stable COPD
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Cristina Pou Álvarez, Luis Valdés Cuadrado, José Manuel Álvarez Dobaño, Jorge Ricoy Gabaldón, Luis Sanz Anchelergues, Pablo Mascareñas Pazos, María Elena Toubes Navarro, Ana Casal Mouriño, and José Manuel García Pazos
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medicine.medical_specialty ,COPD ,Rehabilitation ,Descriptive statistics ,Walking test ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,medicine.disease ,Physical therapy ,medicine ,In patient ,Statistical analysis ,Respiratory system ,business - Abstract
Background: Respiratory rehabilitation (RR) has demonstrated efficacy within the comprehensive treatment of patients with stable COPD. Aim: To determine the clinical impact of RR in patients with stable COPD in our area. Methods: Descriptive analysis of the pre and post-intervention data of patients who during the last 6 years underwent an RR program. Statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS, version 22) software was used for statistical analysis. Results: 88 patients whose characteristics are shown in Table 1 were included. 71 (80.7%) completed the program. Two months after RR, significant differences in the 6-minute walking test (6MWT) with respect to baseline (X +38.4, SD 73.2, p There was a significant decrease in the assistance to the emergency services between the year before and after (0.89, SD 1.43 vs 0.55, SD 1.02; p 0.012). There were no differences in income or in the amount of days of admission. Conclusion: RR achieves a clinical improvement in patients with stable COPD. 6MWT is an useful tool to evaluate the effect of RR. It is important to refer patients with stable COPD to RR programs.
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- 2020