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Preoperative pulmonary rehabilitation versus chest physical therapy in patients...
Morano, Maria T.; Araújo, Amanda S. A; Nascimento, Francisco B.; Silva, Guilherme F. da; Mesquita, Rafael; Pinto, Juliana S.Objective: To evaluate the effect of 4 weeks of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) versus chest physical therapy (CPT) on the preoperative functional capacity and postoperative respiratory morbidity of patients undergoing lung cancer resection. Design: Randomized single-blinded study. Setting: A teaching hospital. Participants: Patients undergoing lung cancer resection (NZ24). Interventions: Patients were randomly a...
Comparison of face-to-face interview and telephone interview administration of ...
Silva, Guilherme F. da; Morano, Maria Tereza A.; Sales, Maria Penha U.; Olegário, Natalia B.; Cavalcante, Antonio George M.Objective To assess the measurement properties of the COPD assessment test (CAT) in a randomized trial comparing a face-to-face interview (FFI) with a telephone interview (TI). Methods A randomized study was conducted at two teaching hospitals in Fortaleza, Brazil. Patients were randomly assigned to answer the CAT questionnaire either in a FFI or by TI. The two groups were assessed for internal consistency reli...