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Short-Term Effects of Comprehensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation and its Maintenance in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.


ABSTRACT: The recommendation for pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is weak with low-quality evidence. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate short-term PR effects and their maintenance after a 3-month follow-up. Fifty-four IPF patients were randomized into a group receiving a 3-week comprehensive, inpatient PR (n = 34, FVC: 74 ± 19% pred.) or usual care (UC) (n = 17, FVC: 72 ± 20%pred.). Outcomes were measured at baseline (T1), after intervention (T2), and 3 months after T2 (T3). A 6-min walk distance (6MWD) was used as the primary outcome and chronic respiratory disease questionnaire (CRQ) scores as the secondary outcome. Change in 6MWD from T1 to T2 (? = 61 m, 95% CI (18.5-102.4), p = 0.006) but not from T1 to T3 (? = 26 m, 95% CI (8.0-61.5), p = 0.16) differed significantly between groups. Higher baseline FVC and higher anxiety symptoms were significant predictors of better short-term 6MWD improvements. For the change in CRQ total score, a significant between-group difference from T1 to T2 (? = 3.0 pts, 95% CI (0.7-5.3), p = 0.01) and from T1 to T3 (? = 3.5 pts, 95% CI (1.5-5.4), p = 0.001) was found in favour of the PR group. To conclude, in addition to the short-term benefits, inpatient PR is effective at inducing medium-term quality of life improvements in IPF. PR in the early stages of the disease seems to provoke the best benefits.

SUBMITTER: Jarosch I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7290850 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Short-Term Effects of Comprehensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation and its Maintenance in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Jarosch Inga I   Schneeberger Tessa T   Gloeckl Rainer R   Kreuter Michael M   Frankenberger Marion M   Neurohr Claus C   Prasse Antje A   Freise Julia J   Behr Juergen J   Hitzl Wolfgang W   Koczulla Andreas R AR   Kenn Klaus K  

Journal of clinical medicine 20200521 5


The recommendation for pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is weak with low-quality evidence. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate short-term PR effects and their maintenance after a 3-month follow-up. Fifty-four IPF patients were randomized into a group receiving a 3-week comprehensive, inpatient PR (<i>n</i> = 34, FVC: 74 ± 19% pred.) or usual care (UC) (<i>n</i> = 17, FVC: 72 ± 20%pred.). Outcomes were measured at baseline (T1), after interventio  ...[more]

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