… In the current study, the authors examined the link between depression, muscle weakness
and drop-out. In conclusion, the role played by depression in undermining benefits of …

… patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)… are at risk for drop-out and
non-response to rehabilitation is … patient characteristics are predictive of PR drop-out and non-…

… A second aim of this study is to investigate whether patients’ illness perceptions add to the
prediction of drop-out and non-attendance after controlling for sociodemographic and medical …

… Poorer lung function, a shorter rehabilitation course, and higher level of depressive
symptoms are predictive for dropout. The beneficial effects of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in …

… discontinuation (dropout) from pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We examined prevalence and predictors of premature …

… proportion of patients with COPD do not complete pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). Little is
known … Cigarette smoking was the sole independent predictor of PR dropout, and smoking …

… causes for drop-out during a 12-week multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation program and
… Larger studies are needed to identify predictive factors for low adherence and to introduce …

… The study also investigates baseline predictors of treatment … reasons for either not initiating
PR or dropping out of PR. … of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and as such, our …

… smoking status was the strongest predictor for completing PR … –1.9) was also a strong
predictor. The findings suggest the … completing PR and 213 dropping out of treatment after first …

… Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is integral in managing … patients who attend a pulmonary
rehabilitation programme (PRP) … fail to attend when invited or drop out of the programme without …