Patients' perspective on pulmonary rehabilitation: experiences of European and American individuals with chronic respiratory diseases

Carolyn L Rochester; Ioannis Vogiatzis; Pippa Powell; Sarah Masefield; Martijn A Spruit

doi:10.1183/23120541.00085-2018

Patients' perspective on pulmonary rehabilitation: experiences of European and American individuals with chronic respiratory diseases

ERJ Open Res. 2018 Dec 3;4(4):00085-2018. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00085-2018. eCollection 2018 Oct.

Authors

Carolyn L Rochester^{1

2

3}, Ioannis Vogiatzis^{4

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3}, Pippa Powell⁶, Sarah Masefield⁶, Martijn A Spruit^{7

8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
² VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.
³ Both authors contributed equally.
⁴ National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Athens, Greece.
⁵ Dept of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, School of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
⁶ European Lung Foundation, Sheffield, UK.
⁷ Dept of Research and Education, CIRO+, Center of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure, Horn, The Netherlands.
⁸ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
⁹ REVAL - Rehabilitation Research Center, BIOMED - Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.

Abstract

Pulmonary rehabilitation benefits people with chronic respiratory diseases, yet few eligible patients enrol. People with chronic lung diseases are often unaware of or lack access to PR. This is an important healthcare disparity that should be addressed. http://ow.ly/2HER30mxLLj.