Protocol for a single-centre mixed-method pre–post single-arm feasibility trial of a culturally appropriate 6-week pulmonary rehabilitation programme among adults with functionally limiting chronic respiratory diseases in Malawi

• Felix Limbani,
• Sally J Singh,
• Laura Wilde,
• Robert C Free,
• Andy Barton,
• Rebecca Nightingale,
• Jamie Rylance,
• Michael Steiner,
• Harriet Shannon,
• Zainab K Yusuf,
• Jesse A Matheson,
• Adrian Manise,
• Mark Orme,
• Fanuel Meckson Bickton,
• Talumba Mankhokwe,
• Cashon Fombe,
• Martha Mitengo,
• Langsfield Mwahimba,
• Wilfred Lipita,
• Ilaria Pina,
• Zahira Ahmed,
• Martin Kamponda,
• Enock Chisati

Affiliations

Felix Limbani

Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi

Sally J Singh

Centre for Exercise and Rehabilitation Science, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Department, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK

Laura Wilde

14 Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK

Robert C Free

Department of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

Andy Barton

Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK

Rebecca Nightingale

Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK

Jamie Rylance

Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK

Michael Steiner

Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

Harriet Shannon

Physiotherapy, Respiratory, Critical Care and Anaesthesia Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK

Zainab K Yusuf

2 Centre for Exercise and Rehabilitation Science, NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre-Respiratory, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK

Jesse A Matheson

10 Department of Economics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Adrian Manise

NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK

Mark Orme

1National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

Fanuel Meckson Bickton

Lung Health Research Group, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi

Talumba Mankhokwe

Physiotherapy Department, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi

Cashon Fombe

Physiotherapy Department, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi

Martha Mitengo

Physiotherapy Department, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi

Langsfield Mwahimba

Physiotherapy Department, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi

Wilfred Lipita

Physiotherapy Department, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi

Ilaria Pina

Department of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK

Zahira Ahmed

Department of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK

Martin Kamponda

Medicine Department, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi

Enock Chisati

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi