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Background: Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) is a key evidence-based intervention in the management of chronic respiratory diseases. Nevertheless, it is still highly inaccessible and underutilised by patients, as most PR programmes are directed to patients with advanced disease and/or held on a hospital-basis. There is an urgent need to increase access to PR and therefore, new intervention models that can be more ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a multidimensional disease known to affect not only patients but also family functioning. Family functioning affects several dimensions of patients’ psychological and social performance, however the association with patient’s physical outcomes remains unknown. This study explored associations between family function and exercise capacity and inspiratory muscle str...
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