… Therefore, this study aimed to explore what it means to live with COPD as an incurable and
constantly progressing disease. By developing a theory of experiencing COPD, we further …

… patients at risk for or with COPD. Participants perceived lung cancer as the primary lung
disease of concern to their health and were largely unaware of COPD. Overall, the primary care …

… The conclusion of this study, therefore, showed that the perception of the majority of patients
who had advanced lung disease was a reduced breathlessness with a positive impact on …

… for this type of qualitative study.17, 27 However, our findings may not be generalizable to
all patients with COPD, because the 5 patients in this study awaiting a lung transplant were …

… METHODS Our study took place over 18 months … ” qualitative techniques in understanding
patients’ and family carers’ evolving and dynamic experience of illness (box 1).In this study, …

… This qualitative study explored the specialist and complex palliative care needs of PIF-ILD …
of our study 13 and a previous qualitative study in the United States. However, our study …

… Early engagement with health systems in chronic lung disease management is critical to …
Our study sought to understand health seeking behaviour in relation to chronic lung disease …

… qualitative studies examining patients with COPD or lung … studies which explicitly examine
treatment burden in COPD … over the protracted COPD disease trajectory.58 74 Yet, still more …

… non-malignant lung disease and a similar symptom burden are equally in need of care [6,7].
In this study we wished … Fibrotic interstitial lung disease puts a burden on the family. As the …

… a qualitative study … the study because of high prevalence of COPD and lung cancer; however,
we acknowledge that our sample is geographically limited. We used a specialist qualitative …