PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Free, Robert C
AU  - Steiner, Michael
AU  - Akylbekov, Azamat
AU  - Barton, Andy
AU  - Gardiner, Nikki
AU  - Harvey-Dunstan, Theresa
AU  - Jones, Rupert
AU  - Katagira, Wincey
AU  - Kirenga, Bruce
AU  - Matheson, Jesse
AU  - Miah, Ruhme
AU  - Orme, Mark
AU  - Revitt, Olivia
AU  - Sahasrabudhe, Shruti
AU  - Salvi, Sundeep
AU  - Seneviratne, Anthony
AU  - Sooronbaev, Talant
AU  - Ward, Sarah
AU  - Wimalasekera, Savi
AU  - Singh, Sally
TI  - The RECHARGE database: Towards a global standard for pulmonary rehabilitation (PR)
AID  - 10.1183/13993003.congress-2019.PA693
DP  - 2019 Sep 28
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - PA693
VI  - 54
IP  - suppl 63
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/54/suppl_63/PA693.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/54/suppl_63/PA693.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2019 Sep 28; 54
AB  - Background: Implementation of PR varies dramatically across low and middle-income countries (LMICs).Aims: RECHARGE is an NIHR Global research project aiming to develop and evaluate culturally appropriate PR in several LMICs: India, Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan and Uganda. Key ambitions of RECHARGE are to ensure outcome measures are collected in a standardised, high quality fashion for research and to provide a standardised data set for clinical service, practical for PR programmes in LMICs.Methods: We hosted a 3-day face-to-face international meeting with our LMIC partners, clinicians, researchers, health psychologists, research methodology experts and data scientists. A consensus-based exercise was used to formulate a draft core dataset. Initially, we developed categories of outcomes and subsequently these were populated with discreet tests/questionnaires.Results: A minimal core dataset was constructed and most country-specific elements were extracted into separate country-specific research projects. However, for practical purposes we decided to include some fields in the core data set which varied dramatically between different LMICs. Following the 3 day event, a draft set of outcomes was refined in 2 subsequent global conference calls and an agreed dataset was circulated (Figure).Conclusions: This essential work will underpin both the development of research studies and the international database as we move forward in RECHARGE.FootnotesCite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2019; 54: Suppl. 63, PA693.This is an ERS International Congress abstract. No full-text version is available. Further material to accompany this abstract may be available at www.ers-education.org (ERS member access only).