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This study examines the health outcomes of patients with long-term illnesses such as cancer, heart, lung, or musculoskeletal diseases who participate in a rehabilitation programme. The programme may involve staying in a facility (inpatient), visiting a facility (outpatient), home-based care supported by digital health tools (telerehabilitation), or a combination of facility- and home-based options.
The key health outcomes being measured include physical fitness and strength, body composition (like body fat and muscle mass), specific risk factors related to the diseases, and patients' self-reported health and experience outcomes, such as feelings of anxiety, depression, fatigue, overall quality of life, and satisfaction with the rehabilitation programme.
These measurements provide important information about the patients' lung, heart, and muscle health, as well as their mental well-being. They also help to predict the likelihood of further health complications, the chance of needing to be hospitalized again, and overall quality of life. This information is useful for improving the quality of care, tailoring future provision of rehabilitation services and long-term care for patients with chronic conditions.
Additionally, the study will provide insights into how new technologies like telerehabilitation are implemented, including how well they are adopted, followed, and accepted by patients.
Background:
The global demographic landscape is shifting towards an aging population, coupled with a rise in chronic, non-communicable diseases that contribute to disability and escalating healthcare costs. Recognizing this, the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified rehabilitation as a key strategy for health in the 21st century.
Aim:
The aim of this prospective cohort study is to assess the outcomes of disease-specific comprehensive rehabilitation programmes at a tertiary referral center to improve the quality of care and formulate novel research questions.
Methods:
Consecutive patients with cancer, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, or pulmonary diseases, referred for comprehensive rehabilitation to the Centre for Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine (two locations - Berner Reha Centre and Inselspital) of the Insel Group, Bern, Switzerland, will be included. Patients will be counselled by trained advanced practice nurses, and type of delivery of the rehabilitation programme will be based on medical needs and patient preferences. Three-week inpatient programmes are performed at the Berner Reha Centre and Inselspital. Twelve-week outpatient programmes are performed at the Inselspital and delivered as centre-based, digitally-enhanced centre- and home-based, or home-based digital/tele rehabilitation.
Outcome assessments will be based on the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) of the World Health Organisation.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Patients with cancer | Age 18+ years, indication for cancer rehabilitation |
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| Patients with cardiovascular diseases | Age 18+ years, indication for cardiovascular rehabilitation |
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| Patients with musculoskeletal diseases | Age 18+ years, indication for musculoskeletal rehabilitation |
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| Patients with pulmonary diseases | Age 18+ years, indication for pulmonary rehabilitation |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Comprehensive disease-specific rehabilitation | Other | Participation in (a) inpatient rehabilitation, (b) outpatient centre-based, (c) outpatient digitally-enhanced centre- and home-based, or (d) outpatient home-based digital/tele rehabilitation. Duration is 3 weeks for inpatient and 12 weeks for outpatient programmes. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Short-term change (absolute and percentage) in cardiorespiratory fitness, measured as peak oxygen uptake (ml/min/kg) or 6 minute walking test (m) | Stratified by type of delivery and cohort | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) |
| Long-term change (absolute and percentage) in cardiorespiratory fitness, measured as peak oxygen uptake (ml/min/kg) or 6 minute walking test (m) | Stratified by type of delivery and cohort | From discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) to one year follow-up |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Short- and long-term change (absolute and percentage) in muscle strength, measured by grip strength (kg) | Stratified by type of delivery and cohort | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term change (absolute and percentage) in muscle mass index, measured by body impedance analysis (kg/height2) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Time trends of proportion of patient participating in digitally-enhanced or digital/telerehabilitation (percentage) | Stratified by type cohort | 12 months |
| Assessment of patient reported experience measures (PREMS) by a self-designed questionnaire on satisfaction with the rehabilitation programme (range 1 to 10, higher values indicate higher satisfaction) |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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Patients with chronic, non-communicable diseases participating in a comprehensive disease-specific rehabilitation program.
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Matthias Wilhelm, MD | Contact | +41 31 632 8986 | matthias.wilhelm@insel.ch | |
| Prisca Eser, PhD | Contact | +41 31 632 4398 | prisca.eser@insel.ch |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Matthias Wilhelm, MD | Centre for Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine, Insel Group | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Berner Reha Centre, Centre for Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine, Insel Group | Recruiting | Heiligenschwendi | Canton of Bern | 3625 | Switzerland |
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| Label | URL |
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| Website of the Centre for Rehabilitation \& Sports Medicine, Insel Group Bern | View source |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
| ID | Term |
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| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
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Stratified by type of delivery and cohort |
| From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term change (absolute and percentage) in the Extended Barthel Index (EBI, range from 0 to 64) or the Functional Independence Measure (FIM, range from 0 to 126), higher values indicate better levels physical and/or mental functioning | In patients participating in inpatient rehabilitation, stratified by cohort | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in markers of anxiety, measured by Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 questionnaire score (range from 0 to 21, higher values indicate more severe anxiety) | Stratified by type of delivery and cohort | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in markers of depression, measured by Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score (range from 0 to 27, higher values indicate more severe depression) | Stratified by type of delivery and cohort | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in markers of health-related quality of life, measured by Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire-23 score (range from 0 to 100, higher values indicate better QoL) | In patients with heart failure, stratified by type of delivery | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in markers of health-related quality of life, measured by HearQoL questionnaire score (range from 0 to 3, higher values indicate better QoL) | In patients with heart disease participating in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation or telerehabilitation | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in markers of health-related quality of life, measured by MacNew questionnaire score (range 0 to 7, higher values indicate better QoL) | In patients with heart disease participating in inpatient cardiac rehabilitation | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in markers of health-related quality of life, measured by Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire score (range 1 to 7, higher values indicate better QoL) | In patients with pulmonary disease, stratified by type of delivery | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in markers of health-related quality of life, measured by Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General questionnaire score (range 1 to 5, higher values indicate better QoL) | In patients with cancer, stratified by type of delivery | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in office systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | Stratified by type of delivery and cohort | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) | Stratified by type of delivery and cohort | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in HbA1c (percentage) | Composite outcome, stratified by type of delivery and cohort | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in hsCRP (mg/l) | Stratified by type of delivery and cohort | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in body mass index (kg/m2) | Stratified by type of delivery and cohort | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in body fat, assessed by body impedance analysis (%) | Stratified by type of delivery and cohort | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in steps per day, assessed by wrist-worn accelerometer (n) | Stratified by type of delivery and cohort | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in smoking status, assessed by questionnaire (current, former, non-smoker) | Composite outcome, stratified by type of delivery and cohort | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Short- and long-term changes (absolute and percentage) in adherence to guideline-directed medical therapies (percentage of recommended medical substances taken) | Stratified by type of delivery and cohort | From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and from discharge to one year follow-up |
| Return to work (yes, no) | Stratified by type of delivery and cohort | At rehabilitation discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) and at one year follow-up |
Stratified by type of delivery and cohort |
| From rehabilitation entry to discharge (3 weeks for inpatient, 12 weeks for outpatient programmes) |
| Reha Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Centre for Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine, Insel Group | Recruiting | Bern | 3010 | Switzerland |
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