Evaluation of a Home-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program for Older Females Suffering from Bronchial Asthma

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine : Official Organ Wroclaw Medical University
Michał MajewskiKrystyna Rożek

Abstract

Asthma is a disease that affects people of all ages worldwide. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation program, with one supervised session a week, for improvement of respiratory function, inspiratory muscle strength and physical fitness in older women suffering from asthma. The study involved 10 female patients (mean age 70.8) with diagnosed bronchial asthma in the slight and moderate stage. Before the program started, all the patients were in a stable phase of the disease. All the patients carried out a respiratory function test based on measurement of the flow/volume loop assessing FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, PEF, MEF50 and MEF25/75. An inspiratory muscle strength test (PImax) was also performed. Agility was assessed by the Fullerton Functional Fitness test, which consists of sitting down on/standing up from a chair, bicep curls with weights, upper and lower body flexibility trials, a complex coordination trial and a six minute walk test (6MWT) to assess the patients' exercise capacity. To evaluate health-related quality of life, the Saint George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) was completed, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to diagnose any signs of anxi...Continue Reading

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