<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ward, Janet A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Akers, Gill</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ward, David G</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pinnuck, Margaret</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Williams, Sue</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trott, Jayne</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Halpin, David M G</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Feasibility and effectiveness of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme in a community hospital setting.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">British Journal of General Practice</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2002</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2002-07-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">539-542</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">52</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">480</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BACKGROUND: Pulmonary rehabilitation programmes run in secondary care have proved to be one of the most effective interventions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). AIM: To assess whether a pulmonary rehabilitation programme, similar to that run in secondary care, could be established in a primary care-run community hospital and whether it could achieve similar benefits in patents with moderately severe COPD. DESIGN OF STUDY: Uncontrolled prospective intervention study SETTING: A primary care-run community hospital. METHOD: Thirty-four patients with COPD aged between 5 and 80 years of age (mean = 70years) with a forced expiratory volume (FEV1) of 30 to 50% (mean = 40%) predicted were enrolled in a programme established in the activities room at Honiton Community Hospital. Patients were assessed at the start, on completion of the programme, and six months after completion, using spirometry, shuttle-walking distance, and short form-36 (SF-36) and chronic respiratory questionnaire (CRQ) scores. RESULTS: All but one patient completed the programme. There were significant improvements in the walking distance (by a mean of 100 m), in the SF-36, and in all domains of the CRQ. There was no significant change in the FEV1 or forced vital capacity. CONCLUSION: Pulmonary rehabilitation programmes can be run in community hospitals. They appear to be as effective as those run in secondary care and patients may find them easier to access.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>