Efficacy Of Inpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program In Elderly Patients With Acute Exacerbation Of COPD
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65-78
SponsorAl-Azhar University
About this trial
The study aimed to identify the effect of early pulmonary rehabilitation in elderly patients with Acute exacerbation (AE) of COPD (AECOPD) in exercise tolerance, dyspnea, sleep quality, fatigue, and time to discharge from hospital.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients with acute exacerbation of COPD in both gender
Patient older than 65 years
Patient with clear consciousness
Patients had been diagnosed with shortness of breath or dyspnea that was not caused by heart disease, pneumothorax, or pulmonary edema
Disqualifiers
Patient with systolic blood pressure lower than 90 mmHg
Patient with an unstable psychological status, hemoptysis, pneumothorax, pulmonary edema
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- physical therapy program
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsLocations
1Faculty of Medicine for Girls- Al-Azhar-University, Cairo, Egypt02, Cairo Egypt
Sponsors and collaborators
Al-Azhar University
Lead sponsor
Source ClinicalTrials.gov