Open Access<p>The Experience of COPD Patients in Lockdown Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic</p>
Author(s) -
Eulogio Pleguezuelos,
Amin Del Carmen,
Eva Moreno,
Pilar Ortega,
Xavier Sánchez Vila,
Laura Ovejero,
Mateu SerraPrat,
Elísabet Palomera,
Manuel Vicente Garnacho-Castaño,
Eduardo Loeb,
Georgina Farago,
Marc Miravitlles
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s268421
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , exacerbation , anxiety , depression (economics) , covid-19 , quality of life (healthcare) , feeling , pandemic , disease , pulmonary disease , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , psychiatry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , nursing , psychology , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
On March 16, 2020, the Spanish government declared a state of alarm due to the rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were restricted to remain confined at home, and medical visits were cancelled for 3 months. The impact of this lockdown on the manifestations of COPD and the quality-of-life of these patients has not been explored.