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Published on: November 8, 2013
Effectiveness of Rehabilitation Interventions in Adults With Asthma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Elisabetta Zampogna1, Federico Mattia Oliva, Matteo Johann Del Furia
1From the Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory Rehabilitation Unit of Tradate Institute, Tradate, Italy (EZ); Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy (FMO); IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy (MJDF); IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy (CC); Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University "La Statale," Milan, Italy (CC); IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy (SGL); and Postdoctoral Fellow and Cochrane Rehabilitation Coordinator, IRCCS Fondazione Don Gnocchi, Milan, Italy (CA).
Objective:
The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation programs and other rehabilitation interventions in adults with asthma.
Design:
This is a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Results:
MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, and CENTRAL were searched from inception to 31 May 2023. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42022331440. Thirty-six randomized controlled trials were analyzed, and only 26 were pooled in the meta-analysis because of the heterogeneity of comparisons and outcomes across the studies. Pulmonary rehabilitation, compared with education associated with breathing exercises, may result in little to no difference in the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (mean difference 0.01 score, 95% confidence interval = -0.48 to 0.50, 163 participants, three studies, low certainty).
Conclusions:
Our findings show that pulmonary rehabilitation, compared with education associated with breathing exercises, may result in little to no difference in the impact of asthma on health-related quality of life. Overall, the certainty of evidence was low or very low preventing any firm conclusion on the effects of single or combined rehabilitation interventions.
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