Aim To describe frailty, to identify its determinants, and to examine how it affected
functioning in Korean patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This …

Oxygen therapy is frequently prescribed for the palliation of breathlessness, despite lack of
evidence for its effectiveness in people who are not hypoxaemic. This study aimed to …

Objetivo Conocer las experiencias de pacientes y cuidadores que conviven con la
enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica avanzada, el impacto de sus síntomas y las …

Background Balancing the normative expectations of others (accountabilities) against the
personal and distributed resources available to meet them (capacity) is a ubiquitous feature …

Objectives Breathlessness 'crises' in people with chronic respiratory conditions are a
common precipitant for emergency department (ED) presentations, many of which might be …

Physical activity monitoring technology (eg smartphone apps or wearables) can objectively
record physical activity levels, potentially support interventions to increase activity levels …

Patients with chronic respiratory disease commonly experience comorbid mental illness.
This study aimed to explore associations between mental illness and respiratory health, as …

Background Anxiety is a common comorbidity in patients with advanced Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease (COPD) with major impact on quality of life and associated with …

Background A large body of evidence suggests that self-management interventions (SMIs)
may improve outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However …

Background Despite the importance of self-care in people with COPD, little is known about
the effect of symptoms and symptom clusters on self-care behavior in people with …