A Home-Based Multimedia Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program Improves Clinical Symptoms and Physical Performance of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Anoma Santiworakul, Nitita Piya-amornphan and Netchanok Jianramas
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Anoma Santiworakul: Department of Physical Therapy, School of Allied Health Science, Walailak University, 222 Thasala, Thaiburi, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand
Nitita Piya-amornphan: Department of Physical Therapy, School of Allied Health Science, Walailak University, 222 Thasala, Thaiburi, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand
Netchanok Jianramas: Department of Physical Therapy, School of Allied Health Science, Walailak University, 222 Thasala, Thaiburi, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 21, 1-11

Abstract: Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation can decrease symptoms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation by instructive multimedia in the form of videos and flip charts on clinical symptoms and exercise performance in COPD patients. An eight-week home-based pulmonary rehabilitation program was performed with twenty COPD patients older than 60 years of age with moderate to severe stages. They were separated into two groups: a multimedia group ( n = 10) and a control group, which was only provided with telephone monitoring ( n = 10). Clinical symptoms were measured by using the clinical COPD questionnaire (CCQ), and exercise performance was measured using a six-minute walk test (6MWT) and an upper-lower limb muscle strengthening test. After 8 weeks, the results showed that both groups showed a statistically significant decrease in the CCQ (p < 0.05). The multimedia group showed a statistically significant increase in the lower-limb muscle strengthening (p < 0.05), while the control group was not found to show a statistically significant increase in the lower-limb muscle strengthening. Therefore, a pulmonary rehabilitation program using multimedia at home can lessen symptoms and improve exercise performance in COPD patients.

Keywords: home-based pulmonary rehabilitation; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; exercise capacity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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