Assessment of a Domiciliary Integrated Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program for Patients with a History of Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Retrospective 12-Month Observational Study
- 21 July 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by International Scientific Information, Inc. in Medical Science Monitor
- Vol. 24, 5054-5063
Abstract
BACKGROUND:Integrated pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may prevent acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness, before and 12 months after, the use of an i...Keywords
This publication has 36 references indexed in Scilit:
- The effect of an active implementation of a disease management programme for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on healthcare utilization - a cluster-randomised controlled trialBMC Health Services Research, 2013
- The importance of components of pulmonary rehabilitation, other than exercise training, in COPDEuropean Respiratory Review, 2013
- A Comprehensive Care Management Program to Prevent Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease HospitalizationsAnnals of Internal Medicine, 2012
- Measures of anxiety: State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale‐Anxiety (HADS‐A)Arthritis Care & Research, 2011
- Effect of early pulmonary rehabilitation on health care utilization and health status in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of COPDRespirology, 2011
- Outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation following acute exacerbations of COPDThorax, 2010
- Long-acting anticholinergic use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: efficacy and safetyCurrent Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2010
- Reliability of ventilatory parameters during cycle ergometry in multicentre trials in COPDEuropean Respiratory Journal, 2009
- Patient adherence in COPDThorax, 2008
- COPD exacerbations: defining their cause and preventionThe Lancet, 2007