Abstract

Pulmonary rehabilitation is a tool that is receiving more acceptance in chronic lung diseases. A retrospective study was made in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the impact of pulmonary rehabilitation on respiratory parameters and health care utilization in a group of outpatients with chronic lung diseases other than chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A group of 51 patients diagnosed with interstitial lung diseases, bronchiectasis, asthma and scoliosis were studied. Initial number of emergency department visits and hospital admissions and use of prednisone and antibiotics were significantly associated with adherence to the pulmonary rehabilitation programme. There was a significant improvement in functional exercise capacity as manifested on the 6-minute walking distance and distance on treadmill, bicycle and arm ergometer and significantly better utilization of health care resources (fewer emergency department and outpatient department visits) over the 12 months after completion of the programme.

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Authors

Al Moamary MS

Institution

College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. almoamary@yahoo.com

Source

Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de santé de la Méditerranée orientale = al-Majallah al-ṣiḥḥīyah li-sharq al-mutawassiṭ 18:2 2012 Feb pg 120-6

MeSH

Adult
Asthma
Bronchiectasis
Chronic Disease
Exercise Tolerance
Female
Health Services
Humans
Lung Diseases, Interstitial
Male
Outpatients
Patient Compliance
Quality of Life
Respiratory Function Tests
Retrospective Studies
Saudi Arabia
Scoliosis
Sickness Impact Profile

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22571087