Music During Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Patients With COPD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

Does Music During Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Individuals With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Improve Outcome? A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02980575
• Other study ID #: 16-016-WP
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 2016
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: West Park Healthcare Centre
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is aimed at determining whether listening to music during exercise will improve health-related outcomes for individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Half of the participants will listen to music while they exercise and half will not listen to music. The study will follow participants during their pulmonary rehabilitation program and for 6 months following completion of the program.

Description:

People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are encouraged to undertake exercise training as part of their treatment. However, they often find themselves limited by breathlessness and tiredness in their legs. These barriers limit how much a person may benefit from an exercise program and how well they may keep up with a recommended schedule of exercise at home. One way of reducing feelings of breathlessness and leg tiredness is by listening to music during exercise. The impact of adding music to exercise versus exercise alone has not been explored in the setting of pulmonary rehabilitation. This study is aimed at determining the effect of listening to music during exercise sessions on exercise capacity, symptom severity, quality of life and motivation to exercise. People with COPD will be randomly allocated to exercise plus music or exercise alone. A music therapist will aid with music selection for the exercise plus music group and the music will be loaded onto a portable device that participants will listen to with earbuds. All participants will complete assessments before starting a pulmonary rehabilitation program, at the end of the 8-10 week program and 6 months following completion of the program. They will complete walking tests, report symptom severity and complete a series of questionnaires asking about their quality of life, symptoms and keenness to exercise.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 58
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 40 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical diagnosis of COPD (physician diagnosis and spirometry with FEV1/FVC ratio <70) and smoking history of greater than 10 pack years
• Stable clinical state, with no acute exacerbations over the last 6 weeks
• Referred to pulmonary rehabilitation program

Exclusion Criteria:

• Predominant diagnosis other than COPD (asthma, bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease)
• Co-morbidities (orthopaedic, neurological, cardiac) which might prevent safe exercise training
• Substantial hearing difficulties (inability to hear music adequately)
• Regularly uses music when exercising

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Lung Diseases
• Lung Diseases, Obstructive
• Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Intervention

Other:
• Music

• Exercise

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Australia	Craigiburn Community Health Centre	Craigieburn	Victoria
Canada	West Park Healthcare Centre	Toronto	Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
West Park Healthcare Centre

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

Australia,  Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in end 6-minute walk test dyspnea and fatigue levels	End test dyspnea and fatigue levels from best 6MWT	Change from baseline to end of 8-week PR program or 6 month follow-up
Primary	Multidimensional dyspnea profile		Change from baseline to end of 8-week PR program or 6 months follow-up
Secondary	Change in chronic respiratory disease questionnaire scores		Change from baseline to end of 8-week PR program or 6 month follow-up
Secondary	Change in hospital anxiety and depression scale score		Change from baseline to end of 8-week PR program or 6 month follow-up
Secondary	Change in multidimensional fatigue inventory score		Change from baseline to end of 8-week PR program or 6 month follow-up
Secondary	Change in physical activity enjoyment scale score		Change from baseline to end of 8-week PR program or 6 month follow-up
Secondary	Change in StepWatch physical acitvity monitor results		Change from baseline to end of 8-week PR program or 6 month follow-up