Outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation in severe XXXX .

@entity1 @entity308 @entity73 @entity1295 @entity148 @entity1576 @entity1030
OBJECTIVES: An outpatient programme for rehabilitation of @entity1 with severe @entity73 due to @entity1030 ( @entity1030 ) was conducted. Its main purpose was to assess the feasibility of the programme for @entity1030 @entity1 . METHODS: Initial assessment included a shuttle walking test, administration of the chronic @entity1576 questionnaire (CRDQ), assessment of the hospital @entity148 and @entity308 scale (HAD) and sickness impact profile (SIP). The @entity1 were entered into a 6-week outpatient programme between January 2007 to July 2007 during which they attended twice weekly for a 2 1/2 hour session. Assessment was repeated on completion of the study at three months and later at six months. RESULTS: The study included 44 (28 males) @entity1 with @entity1030 with a mean age 66 years. All @entity1 had severe @entity73 as defined by a forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) of less than 40% of predicted. The shuttle walking distance improved significantly and was maintained at the improved level for six months. The improvement in all four dimensions of the CRDQ was statistically significant (p < 0.05) and reached clinical significance for @entity1295 and for mastery. On entry, a notable level of @entity308 was found in 32% of @entity1 , and @entity148 in 40 percent. There was a significant reduction in both of these that was maintained at six months (p < 0.05). There was no improvement in the SIP at three months, but significant improvement was found at six months (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that a successful outpatient programme can be conducted in @entity1 with severe @entity73 , and that benefits in physical ability and in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) can be achieved. The improvements were maintained at six months.
