Table 2 Patient’s activity and sleep assessment.

From: Pulmonary rehabilitation improves sleep efficiency measured by actigraphy in poorly sleeping COPD patients

Variable

Baseline

Post-PR

p

Incremental cardiopulmonary exercise test

Work load peak (W)

71.1 ± 22.0

80.1 ± 24.7

 < 0.01

Workload AT (W)

38.6 ± 14.4

48.6 ± 15.3

 < 0.01

Workload AT/workload peak (%)

54.6 ± 13.7

61.5 ± 10.7

 < 0.01

VO2 peak (l/min)

1.0 ± 0.3

1.1 ± 0.3

 < 0.01

VO2 AT(l/min)

0.7 ± 0.2

0.8 ± 0.2

 < 0.01

VO2 AT/VO2 peak (%)

70.3 ± 12.0

73.6 ± 11.7

0.15

6MWT

Distance (m)

459.9 ± 85.2

480.5 ± 82.6

 < 0.01

Actigraphy

TST (min)

411.3 ± 112.2

423.1 ± 103.9

0.42

SE (%)

78.6 ± 8.1

81.5 ± 6.5

0.07

MET

1.36 ± 0.28

1.40 ± 0.21

0.36

Number of steps walked/day

3832.2 ± 2552.8

4796.5 ± 2840.3

0.03

Sedentary physical activity (0–2.9 METs) (min)

1296.4 ± 148.2

1292.0 ± 95.2

0.80

Moderate physical activity (3–5.9 METs) (min)

97.3 ± 81.7

110.1 ± 65.1

0.37

Vigourous physical activity (6-9METs) (min)

1.9 ± 4.2

2.9 ± 4.6

0.08

Questionnaires

SGRQ symptoms

33.8 ± 17.8

30.0 ± 20.0

0.20

SGRQ activity

62.8 ± 17.6

57.6 ± 21.0

0.02

SGRQ impact

26.7 ± 18.3

25.8 ± 19.1

0.67

SGRQ global score

38.9 ± 15.5

36.2 ± 17.6

0.10

HADS-A

6.5 ± 2.9

6.8 ± 3.3

0.61

HADS-D

4.5 ± 3.6

4.6 ± 3.9

0.90

PSQI (total score)

7.4 ± 4.5

6.6 ± 4.3

0.22

Subjective quality of sleep

6.9 ± 4.3

6.5 ± 4.7

0.60

Sleep latency

1.0 ± 0.8

1.1 ± 1.0

0.41

Sleep duration

1.5 ± 1.3

1.2 ± 1.2

0.38

Habitual sleep efficiency

1.1 ± 1.2

1.0 ± 1.0

0.62

Sleep alterations

0.9 ± 1.2

1.0 ± 1.2

0.57

Use of sleep medications

1.3 ± 0.5

1.1 ± 0.6

0.09

Daytime sleep dysfunction

0.6 ± 1.1

0.7 ± 1.2

0.37

mMRC

0.7 ± 0.8

0.4 ± 0.8

0.06

  1. AT : anaerobic threshold, VO2 : oxygen uptake, TST : total sleep time, SE : sleep efficiency, 6MWT : 6-min walk test, MET : metabolic equivalent of task, PR: pulmonary rehabilitation, SGRQ: St George respiratory questionnaire, HADS: hospital anxiety and depression scale, PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index questionnaire, mMRC: modified medical research council.