Phone coaching for physical activity in COPD rehab
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests a coaching program delivered through your smartphone to help people with COPD stay active while in pulmonary rehab. It aims to improve how much daily activity you can do and how you feel.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are older than 40
- You have COPD (chronic lung disease that makes breathing hard) and have not had a bad flare-up in the last month
- You are already in a pulmonary rehab program (exercise and education for your lungs)
- You have a smartphone with internet access
- You are not in another behavior-change program, do not have other major lung disease or recent cancer, and do not have a health problem that would make physical activity unsafe
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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