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    Coquart, Jérémy B; Le Rouzic, Olivier; Racil, Ghazi; Wallaert, Benoit; Grosbois, Jean-Marie

    International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 01/2017, Letnik: 12
    Journal Article

    Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a key treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but studies are still needed to identify the most pertinent criteria to personalize this intervention and improve its efficacy. This real-life retrospective study compared the effects of home-based PR on exercise tolerance, anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in COPD patients, according to their medical equipment. Exercise tolerance, anxiety, depression, and HRQoL were evaluated in 109 patients equipped with long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT), 84 patients with noninvasive ventilation (NIV), 25 patients with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and 80 patients with no equipment (NE), before, just after, and 6 and 12 months after PR. At baseline, the body mass index in the CPAP and NIV groups was higher ( <0.05) than in the other two groups, and the forced expiratory volume in 1 second was lower in the LTOT and NIV groups ( <0.001). All parameters improved after PR in the four groups ( <0.05), but for exercise tolerance, only the 6-minute stepper test showed maintained improvement after 6 and 12 months, whereas the 10 times sit-to-stand and timed up-and-go tests were only improved just after PR. At every time point, exercise tolerance was lower in the LTOT group ( <0.05), with a similar trend in the NIV group. Despite differences in the medical equipment to treat COPD, home-based PR showed comparable feasibility, safety, and efficacy in all equipment-based groups. Medical equipment should therefore not be a barrier to home-based PR.