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Research type: |
Primary Research (e.g. trial) |
Title (lead author) etc: |
A randomised 2 x 2 trial of community versus hospital pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease followed by telephone or conventional follow-up (Waterhouse) 164 pages, Volume 14, number 6 |
DOI |
10.3310/hta14060 |
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Headline: |
Study found that pulmonary rehabilitation delivered in a community setting has similar efficacy to that offered in a more traditional hospital-based setting, and that the choice of model depends on local factors of convenience, existing availability of resources and incremental costs |
This report should be referenced as follows: |
Waterhouse JC, Walters SJ, Oluboyede Y, Lawson RA. A randomised 2 x 2 trial of community versus hospital pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease followed by telephone or conventional follow-up. Health Technol Assess 2010;14(6). |
Project ref: |
01/15/10 |
Original project title: |
A randomised 2x2 trial of community versus hospital rehabilitation, followed by telephone or conventional follow up; impact on quality of life, exercise capacity and use of health care resources |
Chief Investigator: |
Dr Roderick Allan Lawson, Consultant Physician, Respiratory Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust |
Start Date: |
November 2002 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series |
February 2010 |
Cost: |
£460,543 |
MeSH* index primary terms: |
REHABILITATION Q-organization-&-administration (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
MeSH* index secondary terms: |
HUMAN; CLINICAL-TRIAL; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; HEALTH-RESOURCES Q-utilization; EXERCISE-TOLERANCE; EXERCISE; COMMUNITY-HEALTH-SERVICES Q-utilization; HOSPITALS Q-utilization (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
ISRCTN* number: | ISRCTN 86821773 (*International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website: http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN86821773 |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
N0484119009 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive. |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol (pdf format, 177 kbytes) |
Printed copies of this title despatched: |
90 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1316 |
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