title: Effect of a home exercise video programme in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This pilot study investigated whether a home exercise video programme could improve exercise tolerance and breathlessness in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty subjects completed the study after being randomized to intervention or control. The intervention group (n=10), watched a 19-min video on the benefits of exercise for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and were given a 30-min exercise video, an illustrated exercise diary and an educational booklet about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, for use at home. They were advised to follow the exercise video programme 4 times a week for 6 weeks. The control group (n=10) received the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease educational booklet only. Exercise tolerance was measured using the Incremental Shuttle Walk Test and breathlessness by the self-reported Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median change in the Incremental Shuttle Walk Test and breathlessness score significantly improved in the intervention group compared with the control (+45 m vs -15 m, p=0.013 and +0.5 vs -0.1 Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire units, p=0.042). The other findings for the self-reported Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire showed significant improvements in the intervention group for emotion (p<0.001) and fatigue (p=0.012), but not mastery (p=0.253).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This pilot study suggests that participation in a home exercise video programme may benefit people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Team, Dulwich Hospital, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Lambeth & Southwark Primary Care Trusts, London, UK. pulmonary.rehab@kch.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fiddler
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seymour
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jolley
authors.forename: Lorna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moxham
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012648:Self Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014743:Videotape Recording