What are the needs of patients following discharge from hospital after an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 363-368

  Gruffydd Jones, Kevin ^a,b   Langley Johnson, Carol ^c   Dyer, Christopher ^b   Badlan, Kathryn ^d   Ward, Sabbi ^a  

^a Box Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c West Wiltshire Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COPD exacerbations; Patients' needs; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SELF CARE; STATE MEDICINE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 37549044720     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/pcrj.2007.00075     Document Type: Article

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