Respiratory rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: predictors of nonadherence
| Autor: | W. Fergusson, P. Young, John Kolbe, M. Dewse |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Respiratory Therapy Vital capacity medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study medicine.medical_treatment Treatment Refusal Social support Quality of life Humans Medicine Lung Diseases Obstructive Aged COPD Rehabilitation business.industry Respiratory disease Case-control study medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Socioeconomic Factors Case-Control Studies Physical therapy Female business |
| Zdroj: | European Respiratory Journal. 13:855 |
| ISSN: | 1399-3003 0903-1936 |
| DOI: | 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.13d27.x |
| Popis: | Rehabilitation is now an integral part of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management. The objective of the study was to determine predictors of nonadherence to a COPD rehabilitation programme. Patients attending a COPD clinic were invited to participate in a 4 week, hospital-based, outpatient, COPD rehabilitation programme conducted predominantly by respiratory physiotherapists. All potential participants undertook an interviewer administered questionnaire addressing social, economic, psychological and healthcare factors, and underwent baseline physiological measures. Subsequently they were classified as: 1) "adherent" group who completed the total programme (n=55) or 2) "nonadherent" group who refused or began but did not complete the programme (n=36). The nonadherent group compared to the adherent group were more likely to be divorced (22 versus 2%, p |
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