Which Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients Will Be Likely to Attend Consistently a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program? | Zendy

Salwa Hassanein | Zendy; Georgia L. Narsavage | Zendy; Sherrie D. Williams | Zendy; Mary K. Anthony | Zendy; Lisaann S. Gittner | Zendy

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Which Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients Will Be Likely to Attend Consistently a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program?

Author(s) -

Salwa Hassanein,

Georgia L. Narsavage,

Sherrie D. Williams,

Mary K. Anthony,

Lisaann S. Gittner

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

the permanente journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1552-5775

pISSN - 1552-5767

DOI - 10.7812/tpp/07-010

Subject(s) - medicine , copd , pulmonary rehabilitation , attendance , vital capacity , physical therapy , psychological intervention , pulmonary disease , rehabilitation , gerontology , lung , psychiatry , lung function , diffusing capacity , economics , economic growth

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, and millions of COPD patients are disabled and unable to work. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programs are available to assist with disability, but it is not clear who is likely to consistently participate in them. The purpose of this study was to determine which participants were likely to consistently attend a PR program.

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