Open AccessSurvival following pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD: the effect of program completion and change in incremental shuttle walking test distance
Author(s) -
Linzy Houchen–Wolloff,
JE Williams,
Ruth H. Green,
Gerrit Woltmann,
Michael Steiner,
Louise Sewell,
Michael Morgan,
Sally Singh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s143101
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , pulmonary rehabilitation , physical therapy , test (biology) , rehabilitation , gerontology , paleontology , biology
Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in patients with COPD has consistently been shown to produce benefits in exercise capacity, symptoms, and health status. The data surrounding survival following PR are less clear. Our aims were to compare the long-term survival in two cohorts of patients referred for PR; those who successfully completed PR, and a comparator group constructed from patients who either did not complete PR or did not start the program. Additionally, we compared survival between those people who were able to achieve a clinically meaningful improvement in exercise capacity (incremental shuttle walking test) following PR with those who were not.