Organizational aspects of pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic respiratory diseases

Martijn A. Spruit*, Emiel F. M. Wouters

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Adult patients with chronic respiratory diseases may suffer from multiple physical (pulmonary and extra-pulmonary), emotional and social features which necessitate a comprehensive, interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme. To date, pulmonary rehabilitation programmes show a lot of variation in setting, content, frequency and duration. Future projects should strive for a standard set of assessment measures to identify patients eligible for pulmonary rehabilitation, taking disease complexity into consideration, which should result in referral to an appropriate rehabilitation setting. Local circumstances may complicate this crucial endeavour.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)838-843
Number of pages6
JournalRespirology
Volume24
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2019

Keywords

  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • home-based
  • pulmonary rehabilitation
  • setting
  • HOME-BASED REHABILITATION
  • INTEGRATED CARE
  • EXERCISE CAPACITY
  • COPD
  • PROGRAMS
  • SOCIETY
  • COMORBIDITIES
  • MECHANISMS
  • DYSPNEA

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