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The Effect of Post-thoracotomy Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Quality of Life

NCT00460668 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 57

Last updated 2013-04-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of an integrated multidisciplinary rehabilitation program on health related quality of life in the 12 months postoperative period in patients with an elective thoracotomy and to evaluate the effects of the program on general quality of life (SF-36), acute/chronic post-thoracotomy pain, impairment (changes in pulmonary function), disability (exercise capacity) and start to complete recovery (ECOG score of 0 or 1) 12 months postoperatively in patients with an elective thoracotomy.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

pulmonary rehabilitation

2 or 3 times a week during 8 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Isala

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • J.A. Stigt · Isala

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-04-30
Primary Completion
2010-09-30
Completion
2010-09-30

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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