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An outpatient multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation programme was effective in disabling chronic lung disease

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.5.5.140

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    (2000) Lancet 355, 362. Griffiths TL, Burr ML, Campbell IA, et al. . Results at 1 year of outpatient multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation: a randomised controlled trial. . . Jan 29;. :. –8..
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 QUESTION: What is the effectiveness of an outpatient multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation programme in patients with disabling chronic lung disease?

    Design

    Randomised (allocation concealed*), unblinded,* controlled trial with 1 year follow up.

    Setting

    A teaching and district general hospital in Penarth, Wales, UK.

    Patients

    200 patients (mean age 68 y, 60% men) with disabling chronic lung disease (84% with chronic obstructive lung disease) who had an FEV1 <60% of the predicted normal rate with <20% reversibility in response to an inhaled β-agonist. Patients were excluded if they could not walk, had severe sensory or cognitive impairment, or had symptomatic ischaemic heart disease. Follow up was 90%.

    Intervention

    After stratification by sex and primary nature of lung disease (obstructive or non-obstructive), patients were allocated to a 6 week multidisciplinary pulmonary …

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    Footnotes

    • Source of funding: Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care.

    • For correspondence: Dr T L Griffiths, Section of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Llandough Hospital, Penarth CF64 2XX, Wales, UK. Fax +44 (0)2920 712284.

    • ↵* See glossary.