Home-based exercise program for people with COPD
Tests a home exercise program with video guidance and health coaching in adults with COPD.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Home-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Patients
Key facts
- Where
- Stockholm, SwedenSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 40 and 100 years old?
Source: NCT04820257, who can take part
Where in Sweden
- Karolinska InstitutetStockholm, SwedenNo longer taking part
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Karolinska Institutet
- Trial code
- NCT04820257
- Record updated
- 26 June 2026
- Original description
Objectives The objective of this project is to motivate patients with COPD to incorporate the habit of doing daily mindful physical activity by using the proposed home-based pulmonary rehabilitation program that integrates video guided exercises, activity monitoring daily steps and health coaching. This program will allow patients to complete Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) at home and promote behavior change and lead to a more active lifestyle for patients with COPD who have been prescribed PR.Read full original descriptionShow less
Home-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Patients
Objectives The objective of this project is to motivate patients with COPD to incorporate the habit of doing daily mindful physical activity by using the proposed home-based pulmonary rehabilitation program that integrates video guided exercises, activity monitoring daily steps and health coaching. This program will allow patients to complete Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) at home and promote behavior change and lead to a more active lifestyle for patients with COPD who have been prescribed PR.
The program will be able to effectively monitor daily step count. A health coach will receive more this detailed data and will guide weekly health coaching sessions designed to increase awareness of the physical activities completed and ignite inner motivation for healthy behaviors.
The proposed PR program is innovative and responds to an unmet need in chronic care for COPD patients in the context of COVID-19 pandemic and it mitigates the common accessibility barriers.
Inclusion: Men and women age 40 years and older; FEV1 <80% or less (forced expiratory volume in one second) as documented by pulmonary function; Medical diagnosis of COPD, GOLD classification B,D, and C based on symptoms and history of exacerbations; The patients must be able to access a smart-phone or computer tablet with internet service.
Exclusion: Patients with an inability to provide good data or follow commands (patients who are disoriented, have a severe neurologic or psychiatric condition); Unable to perform low intensity exercise; Patients with a high likelihood of being lost to follow-up or contact (patients with active chemical dependency), are planning to move, are not living in the healthcare area.