Use of mywellness key in patients with COPD: a feasibility study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Feasibility study to assess the use of the Technogym MyWellness Key in patients with COPD.
IRAS ID
158376
Contact name
D Wilson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia
Research summary
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive lung condition characterised by airflow obstruction that is not fully reversible. Patients with COPD often have reduced exercise tolerance, the severity of which is associated with prognosis and mortality.
Pulmonary rehabilitation is an exercise and education programme that is recommended by NICE for all patients with COPD who consider themselves functionally disabled. Unfortunately, the benefits that patients gain from pulmonary rehabilitation are not sustained and are only maintained for up to 9 months to 12 months.
Accelerometers (or activity monitors) are devices which record the amount of activity people undertake and by informing people with COPD about their activity we hope to be able to encourage them to exercise for longer and maintain the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation.
However before embarking on a larger study, we plan to conduct this feasibility study to tell if a larger study is achievable.
Patients will wear an accelerometer for 3 months and we will record their activity and questionnaires at the end of this period.REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/YH/1043
Date of REC Opinion
31 Jul 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion