The efficacy and applicability of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme for patients with COPD in a secondary-care community hospital

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 703-707

  Elçi, Alev ^a   Börekçi, Şermin ^b   Ovayolu, Nimet ^b   Elbek, Osman ^b  

^a ehitkamil Government Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Community hospital; COPD; Home; Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Secondary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SHORT FORM 36;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 47149114734     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01327.x     Document Type: Article

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