Promotion of Active Lifestyle in Pneumonia Patients

Rehabilitation Program for Promotion Active Lifestyle After Suffering a Pneumonia

Patients who have suffered a pneumonia used to reduce their activity levels because of the symptoms and the fear to suffer breathlessness. These patients often have sequelae after the hospitalization that previous studies have associated with a lack of physical activity.

The main objective of this research is to investigate the efficacy of a rehabilitation program for promotion higher activity levels in quality of life and self-perceived discapacity of pneumonia patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients of both sexes.
• Agreed to participate.
• Pneumonia patients meeting the diagnosis criteria for this disease.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Neurological or orthopaedic pathologies that limited voluntary movement.
• Cognitive impairment that prevented them from understanding and answering the questionnaires.
• Patients who don´t understand Spanish language