Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

A prospective qualitative exploration of views about attending pulmonary rehabilitation.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Pulmonary rehabilitation has been found to be an effective strategy for managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, attendance at such programmes is not optimal, therefore, this study aimed to develop an ... Read more...

Effect of tiotropium on outcomes in patients with moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (UPLIFT): a prespecified subgroup analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

25 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The beneficial effects of pharmacotherapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are well established. However, there are few data for treatment in the early stages of the disease. We examined the effect of tiotropium on ... Read more...

Assessing the usefulness of health-related quality-of-life trials: a clinician's perspective using two COPD examples.

16 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To empower clinicians to discern when health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) evidence from a single trial, or from constituent trials within a systematic review or meta-analysis, is compelling enough to alter clinical practice. DATA ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A prospective qualitative exploration of views about attending pulmonary rehabilitation. 30 Aug 2009
• Effect of tiotropium on outcomes in patients with moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (UPLIFT): a prespecified subgroup analysis of a randomised controlled trial. 25 Aug 2009
• Assessing the usefulness of health-related quality-of-life trials: a clinician's perspective using two COPD examples. 16 Aug 2009
• [Living conditions for people with COPD] 11 Aug 2009
• Validation of the Clinical COPD Questionnaire as a psychophysical outcome measure in adult laryngotracheal stenosis. 30 Jul 2009
• Depression and health-related quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 30 Jul 2009
• Efficacy of tiotropium in the prevention of exacerbations of COPD. 15 Jul 2009
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with psychiatric disorders are at greater risk of exacerbations. 24 Jun 2009
• Does anxiety affect risk of dementia? Findings from the Caerphilly Prospective Study. 22 Jun 2009
• Prevalence of COPD in Spain: impact of undiagnosed COPD on quality of life and daily life activities. 21 Jun 2009
• Development of a battery of instruments for detailed measurement of health status in patients with COPD in routine care: the Nijmegen Clinical Screening Instrument. 17 Jun 2009
• [Stress in elderly hospitalized patients with chronic respiratory disease: assessment in a public geriatric hospital] 11 May 2009
• Cognitive decline among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 5 May 2009
• Understanding panic disorder in chronic respiratory disease. 29 Apr 2009
• Impaired sleep reduces quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 26 Apr 2009
• Health-related quality of life in end-stage COPD and lung cancer patients. 23 Apr 2009
• Methodology for using long-term accelerometry monitoring to describe daily activity patterns in COPD. 30 Mar 2009
• Physical activity monitoring: a new outcome facing many challenges, but yielding promising results. 30 Mar 2009
• Using individualised cognitive behavioural therapy as a treatment for people with COPD. 30 Mar 2009
• Caregiver-assisted coping skills training for patients with COPD: background, design, and methodological issues for the INSPIRE-II study. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive'

Definition: A disease of chronic diffuse irreversible airflow obstruction. Subcategories of COPD include CHRONIC BRONCHITIS and PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA.

Descriptor UI: D029424

Alternative terms: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; COPD; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; COAD; Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease; Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; Airflow Obstruction, Chronic; Airflow Obstructions, Chronic; Chronic Airflow Obstructions; Chronic Airflow Obstruction;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C08.381.495.389;

History Note: 2002; use LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE 1984-2001

Technical Notes: LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE is also available