Community-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation in an Economically Deprived Area of Jodhpur, India: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Trial
Inclusion criteria were aged 18-65 years (in accordance with safety guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic) with confirmed diagnosis of COPD, able to give informed consent, 1 exacerbation in the last 12 months, and a Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnoea grade of 2.Patients with co-morbidities precluding exercise were excluded.A doorto-
Authors
- Andy Barton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2245-1446)
- Jesse Matheson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1907-8919)
- Arun Kumar Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2777-8731)
- Mahendra Thakor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4340-2264)
- Sally J. Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9834-0366)
- Amy Barradell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3688-8879)
- James Manifield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5859-3772)
- Mark Orme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4678-6574)
- Zahira Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9535-3023)
- Pankaj Bhardwaj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9960-3060)
- Nishant Kumar Chauhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3491-0275)
- Vishal Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3577-1713)
- Yashika Bhati
Institutions
- University of Leicester (GB)
- University College of Medical Sciences (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur (IN)
- National Institute for Implementation Research on Non-Communicable Diseases (IN)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of COPD
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/copd.s488766
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.07
Funders
- Government of the United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- University of Leicester
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- All-India Institute of Medical Sciences