Effect of home-based nursing pulmonary rehabilitation on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomised clinical trial.
Fatigue is a common symptom of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and results in a reduction of daily activity and quality of life in patients with the disease. The authors aimed to identify the effect of home-based nursing pulmonary rehabilitation on fatigue, activities of daily living (ADL) and quality of life (QOL) in patients with COPD. A block randomisation method was used to randomise participants into case and control groups. Fatigue, ADL and QOL were assessed before and after the intervention in both groups. Independent and paired t-tests, chi-squared tests and covariance analysis were used to analysing data. Findings showed the significant decrease in the mean scores of fatigue (p<0.001) and significant improvement in mean scores of ADL (p<0.001) and QOL (p<0.001) after home-based nursing pulmonary rehabilitation in the case group. Home-based nursing pulmonary rehabilitation can be an effective, inexpensive and accessible programme for decreasing fatigue and improving ADL and QOL for patients with COPD.
Assistant Professor, Member of Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Science, Iran.
Fahrahnaz
F
Mohammadi
Zeynab
Z
Jowkar
Hamid
H
Reza Khankeh
Saeid
S
Fallah Tafti
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D005221:Fatigue / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000451:nursing*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome