[PDF] Top 20 Self-management in the rehabilitation of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the role of telemonitoring and physical activity

... for the results found in Study 1 – these are comprehensively described in Study 2 of Chapter ...was the telemonitoring technology used across ...where patients answered ... See full document

... levels, and PA improvements were related to wearing the ...that the aim of including feedback in PR was achieved, that is, increasing patients’ aware- ness and motivating ... See full document

... addition of the PA-focused behavioural inter- vention to PR led to significant PA improvements in the EG, which remained improved after follow-up ...sible and enhances patients’ ... See full document

... Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) pro- gressively affects patients by causing physical con- straints, psychosocial disturbances and an economic ...therapies ... See full document

... involving patients with COPD, and about 90% reported tiredness and more effort in order to perform such activities; this is similar to our study, although the patients ... See full document

... facilitation role of immediate family has been observed in other studies about COPD [34] and other chronic diseases ...highlight the relevance of supporting the ... See full document

... results in benefits re- lated to dyspnea, health-related quality of life and exercise capacity, similar to those obtained by continuous endur- ance exercise ...lack of evidence that ... See full document

... line with previous studies (Marques et ...resulted in improvements in peripheral muscle strength. But after the initial improvement, losses similar to those described in the ... See full document

... Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is recommended as standard management for COPD as there is strong evidence for its effect on improving symptoms, exercise tolerance, and health-related quality ... See full document

... predictor of sleep quality, as assessed by actigraphy, in patients with moderate to very severe ...is the major lim- iting factor for activities of daily living in COPD, ... See full document

... regarding the use of specific tools, questionnaires and scales, to quantify dyspnea allow to classify the severity of the symptom and the distress generated ... See full document

... Given the growing recognition of the impact of PA levels in patients’ HRQoL and disease severity, a rigorous characterization of their patterns is crucial ... See full document

... mentioned in our ...by the relatively small numbers of MDR-TB and COPD patients, and reflective of clinical practice in ...some of the heavy smoking ... See full document

... severity of dyspnea, motivation level, and smoking status, although the creation of individualized programs for the integrated treatment of patients with COPD ... See full document

... (bronchodilators and corticoids) and not pharmacological. Relating to the later the ones that stand out are the smoking cessation, vaccination and respiratory ... See full document

... Concerning the perceived competence, the results showed that the participants feel high- ly confident in their ability to maintain the treatment regimen of ...studies with ... See full document

... study in which they compared a group of COPD patients subject to a rehabilitation program at home carried out by specialized nurses and another group with similar characteristics ... See full document

... values of all dyspnoea scale scores evaluated and all the health-related quality of life ...scores. The highest de- gree of correlation of both total SGRQ and 15D ... See full document

... complex and dynamic process of biological, psychological and social ...highlighted in this study, for being one of the most common diseases and one of the ... See full document

... function, dyspnea, functional balance, muscle strength, exercise tolerance, emotional state and HRQL 16.. of patients with mild COPD.[r] ... See full document