Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is still spreading worldwide
over 2 years since its outbreak. The psychopathological implications in COVID-19 survivors …

By 2020, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will be the third cause of mortality.
Extrapulmonary comorbidities influence the prognosis of patients with COPD. Tobacco …

OBJECTIVE: Exacerbations of COPD requiring hospital admission have important clinical
and societal implications. We sought to investigate the incidence, recurrence, risk factors …

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) remains grossly underutilised by suitable patients worldwide.
We investigated whether home-based maintenance tele-rehabilitation will be as effective as …

Dyspnoea is a debilitating symptom that affects quality of life, exercise tolerance and
mortality in various disease conditions/states. In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary …

The COPD assessment test (CAT) is a self-administered questionnaire that measures health-
related quality of life. We aimed to systematically evaluate the literature for reliability, validity …

Forest bathing trip is a short, leisurely visit to forest. In this study we determined the health
effects of forest bathing trip on elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with multiple
comorbidities, which impact negatively on patients and are often underdiagnosed, thus …

Background Persons with noncommunicable diseases have elevated rates of premature
mortality. The contribution of psychiatric comorbidity to this is uncertain. We aimed to …

COPD is highly prevalent and associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Clinicians
have long been aware that patients with COPD have problems with cognition and are …