Validated Outcomes Measures to Assess the Results of SUI and POP Procedures

Home-based models represent one of the solutions to respond to the poor accessibility of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) services in patients with chronic respiratory disease (CRD). The main goal of this protocol is to present the implementation of the first nationwide home-based PR program—reabilitAR—in Portugal and the strategies to assess its benefits in patients with CRD. The program consists of 2 phases: a 12-week intensive phase and a 40-week maintenance phase (total: 52 weeks, 1 year). The intervention in both phases is composed of presential home visits and phone-call follow ups, including exercise training and the self-management educational program Living Well with COPD. Dyspnea, impact of the disease, emotional status, and level of dyspnea during activities of daily living are used as patient-reported outcomes measures. A one-minute sit-to-stand test is used as a functional outcome, and the number of steps as a measure of physical activity. To ensure safety, fall risk and the cognitive function are assessed. Data are collected at baseline, at 12 weeks, at 26 weeks and at 52 weeks. This is the first nationwide protocol on enhancing access to PR, providing appropriate responses to CRD patients’ needs through a structured and personalized home-based program in Portugal.

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Comparative analysis of reported physical activity from leisure centres’ members versus the general population in Spain

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043963 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. e043963

Author(s):

Jorge López Fernández ◽

Alejandro López-Valenciano ◽

Xián Mayo ◽

Elizabeth Horton ◽

Ivan Clavel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

General Population ◽

Spanish Population ◽

Moderate Intensity ◽

Short Version ◽

Lower Prevalence ◽

Metabolic Equivalent ◽

Outcomes Measures ◽

Gender And Age ◽

And Gender

Objectives(1) To describe the physical activity (PA) levels of the members of a Spanish leisure centre operator according to age and gender; (2) to describe the differences in the three PA levels between the members of a Spanish leisure centre operator and the general Spanish population considering the PA Eurobarometer data according to their gender and age and (3) to explore the intensity origin of the PA either in Spanish members of leisure centres or the Spanish population considering their gender.DesignDescriptive epidemiology study.ParticipantsData from 16 Spanish leisure centres (n=3627) and from the 2017 Eurobarometer 472 for Spain (n=1002) were used for this research.Primary and secondary outcomes measuresThe PA levels were analysed with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire short version, and respondents were grouped into physical inactivity (PIA), moderate-PA and high-PA. Moreover, gender (men or women) and age (18–29 years; 30–44 years; 45–59 years; 60–69 years; ≥70 years) were considered. Total metabolic equivalent (MET)-min/week, as well as total MET-min/week for walking intensity, moderate intensity and vigorous intensity were recorded.ResultsLeisure centres showed a lower prevalence of PIA and a higher prevalence of high-PA than the general population (p<0.05). Women displayed a higher prevalence of PIA and lower prevalence of high-PA than men (p<0.05). The prevalence of PIA increases with age while the prevalence of high-PA decreases.ConclusionLeisure centres engage most of their members in regular PA, including women and older adults, and these members also perform a higher number of MET in vigorous PA, than the general population.

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Relationship between clinical outcomes measures and personal and social performance functioning in a prospective, interventional study in schizophrenia

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research ◽

10.1002/mpr.1855 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Roland Vauth ◽

Bernardo Carpiniello ◽

Jacek Turczyński ◽

Mikhail Ivanov ◽

Pierre Cherubin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Clinical Outcomes ◽

Social Performance ◽

Interventional Study ◽

Outcomes Measures

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Standardized Outcomes Measures in Physical Therapy Practice for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Cerebral PALSY: A Systematic Review

Journal of Personalized Medicine ◽

10.3390/jpm11070604 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (7) ◽

pp. 604

Author(s):

Maria Dolores Apolo-Arenas ◽

Aline Ferreira de Araújo Jerônimo ◽

Alejandro Caña-Pino ◽

Orlando Fernandes ◽

Joana Alegrete ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cerebral Palsy ◽

Physical Therapy ◽

Gait Training ◽

Physical Therapy Modalities ◽

Spastic Diplegia ◽

Evaluation Procedures ◽

Outcomes Measures ◽

Prisma Statement ◽

Spastic Hemiplegia

Cerebral palsy (CP) treatment includes physical therapy and various complementary therapies to the standard clinical treatment. However, there are not many reviews that focus on the methods used and evaluation procedures. This study aims to analyze which tools are most suitable for the evaluation and methodology of patients with CP treated with physical therapy. Following the PRISMA statement, through a PICOS strategy, PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science (WOS), Scopus, Science Direct, and Scielo were searched with the following terms: cerebral palsy AND (physical therapy modalities OR therapeutics) AND outcome assessment. The methodological quality of the RCTs was assessed with the Evidence Project risk of bias tool. Thirty-seven RCTs and six RCT protocols, comprising 1359 participants with different types of CP: spastic hemiplegia/paresis, spastic diplegia/paresis, and spastic CP, met the inclusion criteria, uncovering 21 variables measured through 77 different instruments and several interventions. The therapies most widely used in CP are gaming or technology-assisted therapies, aerobic training, hippotherapy, music therapy, gait training, and aquatic exercises. This study provides an overview of what the authors used in the neurorehabilitation field through procedure evaluation and checking the technological advance that began to be used.

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