Background Anxiety and dyspnea, 2 major symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Thus, critically …

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

BACKGROUND: Improving quality of life (QOL) is a key goal in the care of patients with
COPD. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has clearly been shown to improve QOL, but is not …

Pulmonary rehabilitation for people with chronic lung disease is a formal programme of care
that includes supervised exercise and self-management training. The results of numerous …

Introduction Up to half of all smokers develop clinically significant chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). Gaps exist in the implementation and uptake of evidence …

Purpose Self-efficacy is related to the emotional functioning and coping skills of an
individual and is thought to be a predictor of health behaviors, which are particularly …

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a method for building motivation for behaviour change that
has potential for use in respiratory contexts. There is a paucity of published research …

Traditional, outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation provided to stable COPD patients leads to
significant improvements in dyspnea, exercise capacity and health related quality of life.  …

The benefits of centre-based, supervised pulmonary rehabilitation has been well described
[1]. Programs that involve supervised whole body exercise training with education and …

Introduction Up to half of all smokers develop clinically significant chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). Gaps exist in the implementation and uptake of evidencebased …