Occupational Therapy-Led Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Co-production of recommendations for a best-practice model of occupational therapy-led pulmonary rehabilitation.
IRAS ID
269920
Contact name
Gemma Bradley
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 2 months, 1 days
Research summary
Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) is accepted as an essential strategy in the management of people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. However there is a lack of clarity about which aspects are essential to effectiveness including the involvement of particular disciplines, the location of delivery, and the optimum length and intensity.\n\nThe Gateshead occupational therapy-led PR service is a 6-week programme for people living with COPD, delivered within community-based leisure facilities. Examples of occupational therapy-led PR, or even occupational therapy involvement in PR programmes, within published literature are scarce. Yet from their service data, the team report positive outcomes, good rates of completion and positive feedback from service users about their experience. \n\nThere is genuine uncertainty about which model of PR is best for patients and there is no research evidence about occupational therapy-led PR. Therefore, we want to understand the strengths and limitations of this service from the perspective of service users and health professionals and draw on these experiences to co-produce best practice recommendations for this type of PR programme. \n\nWe will convene a working group of service users, carers and health professionals all with direct experience of PR. This working group will guide the following steps:\n1. Interviews with service users who have participated in the PR programme\n2. A focus group with professionals working within or alongside the PR programme\n\nThe working group will then be involved in producing best practice recommendations, using a technique to rank and agree upon the key aspects found during the above two stages. \n\nWith a robust understanding of this model of PR, and recommendations which assist with describing and standardising the delivery, we will then seek further research funding to compare this model with other programmes. We will share our findings with academic, practitioner and public audiences.\n
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Bradford Leeds Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/YH/0343
Date of REC Opinion
3 Oct 2019
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion