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Shahad Alkandari's systematic review, last updated March 2026, synthesizes evidence from 11 studies on pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD patients. The review includes data from 864 patients aged 48 to 76 years, analyzing 25 cognitive tests across ten intervention components. It was registered with PROSPERO under ID CRD42023471801.

Use Cases

• Meta-analysis of pulmonary rehabilitation efficacy based on aggregated results from 11 studies.
• Identifying common cognitive assessment tools for COPD patients based on the reported use of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test.
• Evaluating the impact of specific rehabilitation components like aerobic exercise on cognitive outcomes.
• Assessing study design heterogeneity in clinical research based on the mix of RCT and non-RCT designs described.

Strengths

• Includes a clearly defined sample of 864 patients with COPD.
• Systematically reviews 11 studies (6 RCTs, 5 non-RCTs) using established risk-of-bias tools (RoB 2, ROBIN-I).
• Analyzes 25 cognitive tests and ten pulmonary rehabilitation intervention components.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is a 681 KB document, indicating a limited scope of raw data.

Provenance

Source

Shahad Alkandari via figshare.

Collection Method

Systematic review of three databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science).

Time Range

Studies included likely cover a range up to the review's publication date.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 14:13:34; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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