Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: The Effects of Maintenance Schedules Following Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Brief Summary: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a preventable and treatable condition, is a major healthcare problem with huge human and economic costs. It affects 3 million people, results in 1.4 million consultations, causes 30,000 deaths, and costs £800M per year in the UK. Considerable research expenditure is devoted to finding new and expensive interventions. However pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an available therapeutic option with good evidence of benefit for patients in terms of quality of life and daily functioning.

The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the addition of a maintenance programme following pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD when compared to standard care.

The secondary objective is to identify baseline characteristics that will predict improvement in pulmonary rehabilitation programmes and adherence to maintenance strategies. By measuring a series of demographic, clinical, physiological, psychological and biochemical parameters the researchers hope to be able to predict those patients who are likely to receive the greatest benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation.

An additional objective will be to prepare a detailed maintenance programme manual. This will be available to other centres providing pulmonary rehabilitation at the conclusion of the study


Options:
A: Arm Label: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Group; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Pulmonary Intervention | Arm Label: Control Group; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Pulmonary Intervention; Assigned to Arm(s): Pulmonary Rehabilitation Group
B: Arm Label: Standard Care; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Arm Label: Tai Chi Exercise; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Tai Chi | Arm Label: Group Walking Exercise; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Group Walking | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Tai Chi; Assigned to Arm(s): Tai Chi Exercise | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Group Walking; Assigned to Arm(s): Group Walking Exercise
C: Arm Label: Group A, Telerehabilitation; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: Telerehabilitation | Arm Label: Group B, Hospital based Rehabilitation; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: Hospital based Rehabilitation | Arm Label: Group C, Usual care Group; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Telerehabilitation; Assigned to Arm(s): Group A, Telerehabilitation | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Hospital based Rehabilitation; Assigned to Arm(s): Group B, Hospital based Rehabilitation
D: Arm Label: rehabilitation program more the urban circuit; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: rehabilitation more the urban circuit | Arm Label: rehabilitation program non circuit group .; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: rehabilitation program but not given urbane circuits | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: rehabilitation more the urban circuit; Assigned to Arm(s): rehabilitation program more the urban circuit | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: rehabilitation program but not given urbane circuits; Assigned to Arm(s): rehabilitation program non circuit group .

Answer: A