dc.contributor.author | Lomundal, Borghild Kristin | |
dc.contributor.author | Steinsbekk, Aslak | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-30T07:00:46Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-05T10:09:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-09-30T07:00:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-05T10:09:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2012, 7:87-93 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 1178-2005 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2359389 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: Investigate long-term effects 4 years after the end of a 1-year self-management
program (SMP) with 30 hours of education and 16 hours of physical activity in patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Methods: Prospective observational outcome study. SMP focused on improving disease related
self-care skills. Main outcome measures were health-related quality of life, HRQoL, (St Georges
Respiratory Questionnaire, SGRQ total) and exercise capacity (6-minute walk test, 6MWT).
Results: Thirty patients participated, 47% women. Baseline mean age was 67 years and mean
pre-bronchodilator FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in 1 second) percentage predicted was
41.3. HRQoL showed a statistical significant improvement during the 1-year intervention.
Four years after the end of the program SGRQ total was similar to baseline value, 1.4 points
(95% CI: –3.6 to 6.3, P = 0.580). Also 6MWT was similar to baseline value at the same test
point, –10 m (95% CI: –27 to 8, P = 0.262), and 63% reported having continued to exercise
regularly a minimum of three times per week during the follow-up period.
Conclusion: The participants in a 1-year self-management program with additional training
had maintained their pre-intervention level of HRQoL and exercise capacity 4 years after the
end of the program. Two out of three participants had continued to exercise regularly. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | Dove Medical Press | nb_NO |
dc.title | Five-year follow-up of a one-year self-management program for patients with COPD | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_GB |
dc.date.updated | 2015-09-30T07:00:46Z | |
dc.source.volume | 7 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2147/COPD.S27352 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 886344 | |
dc.description.localcode | © 2012 Lomundal and Steinsbekk, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. | nb_NO |