Thursday, December 25, 2008
December 25, News Story 2
Study Says Home-Based Therapy Benefits COPD Patients
It has been made public knowledge that a Canadian study that included more than 250 patients with the lung disease has stated that for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a home-based exercise program is as good as hospital-based rehabilitation.
The CBC News reports that some of the patients had a one-time training session at home while others had hospital pulmonary training to improve shortness of breath and quality of life.
It is said that both programs yielded the same results.
Study author Dr. Francois Maltais of the Hopital Laval in Quebec goes on record to state: "Our results prove that home-based rehabilitation is just as effective and safe as that provided in hospitals. What's more, it is a real benefit to patients in comparison to a strictly pharmacological treatment."
The CBC News reports that along with the economic benefits of home therapy, improvements in patients' physical condition reduced the number of hospital visits.
To conclude this report, for interested persons, the study was published online in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.
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It has been made public knowledge that a Canadian study that included more than 250 patients with the lung disease has stated that for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a home-based exercise program is as good as hospital-based rehabilitation.
The CBC News reports that some of the patients had a one-time training session at home while others had hospital pulmonary training to improve shortness of breath and quality of life.
It is said that both programs yielded the same results.
Study author Dr. Francois Maltais of the Hopital Laval in Quebec goes on record to state: "Our results prove that home-based rehabilitation is just as effective and safe as that provided in hospitals. What's more, it is a real benefit to patients in comparison to a strictly pharmacological treatment."
The CBC News reports that along with the economic benefits of home therapy, improvements in patients' physical condition reduced the number of hospital visits.
To conclude this report, for interested persons, the study was published online in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.
For The Latest Health News Keep it Locked Here at BodyHealthsoul.com
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