Effectiveness of the home-based pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programme in both patients with COPD and their informal caregivers
| Assessments | Baseline M0 | End of PR M2 | ΔM2 – M0 | p-value |
| Informal caregivers | ||||
| Anxiety symptoms | 9.5±4.7 | 8.5±4.9 | −0.9±3.5 | 0.006 |
| Depressive symptoms | 5.2±4.1 | 4.3±3.5 | −0.6±3.1 | 0.047 |
| FAS score | 21.9±7.7 | 20.1±7.2 | −1.4±6.6 | 0.026 |
| ZBI score | 21.6±15.1 | 18.9±15.0 | −2.5±11.4 | 0.024 |
| Patients | ||||
| Anxiety symptoms | 9.5±4.7 | 8.0±4.2 | −1.5±3.6 | <0.001 |
| Depressive symptoms | 8.0±3.9 | 5.8±4.0 | −2.0±3.4 | <0.001 |
| FAS score | 27.7±8.2 | 22.7±7.4 | −4.6±7.0 | <0.001 |
| mMRC score | 3.0±1.1 | 2.4±1.2 | −0.5±0.8 | <0.001 |
| CCQ total score | 3.1±1.1 | 2.3±1.1 | −0.7±0.8 | <0.001 |
| 6MST, strokes | 302±157 | 398±172 | 83±61 | <0.001 |
Data are presented as mean±sd. p-values were obtained using paired t-test. FAS: Fatigue Assessment Scale; ZBI: Zarit Burden Interview; mMRC: modified Medical Research Council scale; CCQ: Clinical COPD questionnaire; 6MST: 6-min stepper test.