Pulmonary Rehabilitation Can Improve the Functional Capacity and Quality of Life for Pneumoconiosis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Characteristics of the included studies.

Study	Country	Study type	No. of patients		Interventions		Course of treatment
			PR	Control	PR	Control
Yun X 2015 [37]	China	RCT	50	50	Exercise training+health education	Routine treatment	12 month
Zhang ZH 2012 [38]	China	RCT	80	80	Exercise training+health education+respiratory training	Routine treatment	2 month
Wang F 2017 [39]	China	RCT	26	25	Exercise training+health education	Routine treatment	2 month
Qu WJ 2017 [40]	China	RCT	41	41	Exercise training+health education	Routine treatment	3 month
Pan W 2017 [41]	China	RCT	30	30	Exercise training+health education+respiratory training	Routine treatment	2 month
Liu QG 2009 [42]	China	RCT	35	25	Exercise training+health education+nutritional guidance+psychological counseling	Routine treatment	3 month
Liu J 2015 [43]	China	RCT	41	41	Exercise training+health education	Routine treatment	3 month
Li XY 2014 [44]	China	RCT	100	100	Exercise training+health education	Routine treatment	2 month
Li F 2015 [45]	China	RCT	40	40	Exercise training+health education+respiratory training+psychological counseling+nutritional guidance	Routine treatment	6 month
Jin YK 2014 [46]	China	RCT	52	50	Exercise training+health education+respiratory training+psychological counseling	Routine treatment	6 month
Cao DF 2010 [47]	China	RCT	30	32	Exercise training+health education+respiratory training	Routine treatment	2 month
Dale 2014 [48]	Australia	RCT	6	4	Exercise training	Routine treatment	4 month
Ma LL 2014 [49]	China	RCT	30	30	Exercise training+respiratory training+psychological counseling+nutritional guidance	Routine treatment	1.5 month
Liu CZ 2014 [50]	China	RCT	30	30	Exercise training+health education+respiratory training	Routine treatment	6 month
Dong QA 2009 [51]	China	RCT	32	32	Exercise training+health education+respiratory training	Routine treatment	3 month
Xiao SY 2019 [52]	China	RCT	32	42	Exercise training+health education+respiratory training	Routine treatment	6 month