ArticleChronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.)2022
Home-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation is Effective in Frail COPD Patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and clinical impact of frailty in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Technological advances and digital solutions to improve quality of life in older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Pooled it
- Clinical analysis of 45 cases of chronic respiratory failure treated by noninvasive ventilator combined with bronchodilator and anti-infective drugs.European journal of medical research · 2025Trial
- Frailty and COPD: a bidirectional relationship in the context of systemic and accelerated ageing.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Review
- Is a Hybrid Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme Feasible and Effective in Individuals With COPD After an Exacerbation-Related Hospitalisation: A Mixed Methods Study.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
- Evaluating Changes in Physical Activity and Clinical Outcomes During Post-Hospitalisation Rehabilitation for Persons with COPD: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Observational
- Prevalence, Persistence, and Agreement of Physical Frailty Tools in Patients with Severe COPD Declining Pulmonary Rehabilitation: An Exploratory 1-Year Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The Aging Lung: Exploring Multimorbidity Patterns and Their Clinical Implications: A Narrative Review.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Review
- Non-pharmacologic Prevention of Acute Exacerbation Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases · 2025Article
- Diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in older patients : Consensus statement of the Working Group on Pneumology in Older Patients.Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2025Review
- Advances in pathophysiology and assessment methods of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with frailty.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2025Review
- Rehabilitation for People with Respiratory Disease and Frailty: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation programme in people recovering from a severe and critically COVID-19 infection.Respiratory medicine and research · 2023Article
- Is Frailty Diagnosis Important in Patients with COPD? A Narrative Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Closing the Gap between Inpatient and Outpatient Settings: Integrating Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Technological Advances in the Comprehensive Management of Frail Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Frailty assessment for COVID-19 follow-up: a prospective cohort study.BMJ open respiratory research · 2022Article
- Physical and affective components of dyspnoea are improved by pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD.BMJ open respiratory research · 2022Article
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Abstract
Daily life disability and vulnerability is often reported in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic respiratory failure. Although pulmonary rehabilitation is feasible in this population, its benefits on functional status and physical frailty is uncertain. This study aimed to evaluate the short- and medium-term effectiveness of a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation program in COPD patients with chronic respiratory failure. We also evaluate the impact of frailty status on the efficacy of the intervention. Forty-seven participants underwent an 8-week home-based program. Functional capacity, physical frailty (Fried criteria), exercise tolerance, health-related quality of life, general fatigue, and anxiety and depressive symptoms were assessed at baseline (M0), and at 8 weeks (M2) and 8 months (M8) following study inclusion. For the group as a whole, functional capacity, physical frailty, health-related quality of life, and fatigue scores were all improved at M2 and M8 (p<0.05), while exercise tolerance and depressive symptoms were only improved at M8 (p<0.01). However, when the group was divided according to frailty status, only the frail patients had improved health-related quality of life, general fatigue, and anxiety and depressive symptom scores after pulmonary rehabilitation (p<0.05). In COPD patients with chronic respiratory failure, home-based pulmonary rehabilitation may be effective for improving functional capacity, physical frailty, and health-related quality of life at short- and medium-term. Physical frailty was not a barrier for benefiting from the intervention, and almost 80% of the patients who were frail prior to the program improved their frailty status after pulmonary rehabilitation.
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