Do people with mild COPD benefit from early pulmonary rehabilitation programmes?
People with mild to moderate COPD usually receive information about their condition from GPs or practice nurses, while those with moderate to severe disease have access to pulmonary rehabilitation programmes. This article describes a pilot of a pre-pulmonary rehabilitation course that aimed to standardise information for people with mild disease.
Gulrajani
Ram
R
West Essex PCT.
D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D015397:Program Evaluation; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000451:nursing* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D019145:Rehabilitation Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires