Changes in quality of life after selected pulmonary rehabilitation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients / Hend Abdelmonaem Abdelmonaem ; Supervised Zahra Mohamed Hassn Serry , Ali Saad Rafea , Gihan Samir Mohamed Mousa

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Cardiopulmonary and Geriatrics Disorders

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive parenchymal lung disease of unknown etiology and poor prognosis that has no effective drug therapy, and the survival rate is worse than many cancers, although pulmonary rehabilitation is effective for patients with COPD, Its efficacy in patients with IPF is unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in quality of life after selected pulmonary rehabilitation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients. Subjects: Forty women with IPF (patients) selected from outpatient chest clinic of al-Mataria Teaching Hospital (Cairo; Egypt) with age ranged from 50- 65 years. Methods: Patients were assigned to two equal groups, Group (A): received medical treatment with pulmonary rehabilitation program which consisted of 2 sessions/ week (treadmill for 30 min. and resistive exercises by using sand bags) and 3 days /week home exercise program for 12 weeks. Group (B): received medical treatment only. All patients underwent measurement of ventilatory function test, pulse oxygen saturation, six min.walk distance (6MWD), dyspnea rating by using BORG scale and health-related quality of life by the St George{u2019}s Respiratory Questionnaire specific version for IPF (SGRQ-I) at baseline and after the rehabilitation program. Results: Showed improvement at all parameters for group (A). On the other hand group (B) had declined in all parameters

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