Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has high morbidity and
mortality rates. COPD impairs body functioning, reduces quality of life, and creates a great …

Aims To analyse the effects of nurse‐driven self‐management (SM) programs on physical
and psychosocial health variables in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Chronic respiratory diseases are among the four major human chronic diseases. Tobacco
smoke as well as environmental pollutants, infections, physical activity and nutritional status …

BACKGROUND: Common among patients with COPD is declining health-related quality of
life (HRQOL). Although results of research identified some factors associated with HRQOL …

Background The global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease (GOLD) 2020
emphasizes that there is only a weak correlation between FEV1, symptoms and impairment …

Background: The short-term efficacy of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been established. Although continuous follow …

COPD self-management reduces hospital admissions and improves health-related quality of
life (HRQoL). However, whilst most patients are managed in primary care, the majority of self …

Background: Adults living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) often have
difficulties when trying to access health care services. Interactive communication …

Objective Caregiver contribution (CC) is important for the self-care behaviors of chronic
disease individuals, as it could enhance patient outcomes. Therefore, it is necessary to …

Aim To test a self‐management intervention in primary health care (PHC) for patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or chronic heart failure (CHF) on self …