ArticleBMJ open respiratory research2022
Physical and affective components of dyspnoea are improved by pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD.
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- Barriers and enablers to centre-based pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.Journal of global health · 2025Pooled it
- Patient perspectives on harmonica playing as an intervention for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2026Trial
- Validity and reliability of the persian version of the dyspnea-12 questionnaire in assessing dyspnea among COPD patients.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Dyspnea (breathlessness) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease: prevalence, progression, severity, and correlates.Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration · 2024Article
- Changes in the physical and affective dimensions of dyspnoea after a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonias.ERJ open research · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation programme in people recovering from a severe and critically COVID-19 infection.Respiratory medicine and research · 2023Article
- Improving the wellbeing of caregivers of patients with COPD using a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation programme.ERJ open research · 2022Article
- Relevance of multidimensional dyspnea assessment in the context of pulmonary rehabilitation.Chronic respiratory diseaseArticle
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundDyspnoea is a multidimensional experience of breathing discomfort, but its affective dimension is unfrequently assessed in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We evaluated the effectiveness of a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programme on the physical and affective components of dyspnoea assessed by the Dyspnoea-12 (D-12) questionnaire. We also determined the baseline characteristics that contributed to the change in D-12 scores.
methodsIn this retrospective study, 225 people with COPD (age, 65±11 years; forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV
resultsBoth physical and affective components of dyspnoea and all the other outcome measures were improved at M2, M8 and M14 compared with baseline (p<0.05). Baseline body mass index was the only significant independent predictor of the changes in physical dyspnoea score, while the change in the affective dimension of dyspnoea after PR was associated with FEV
conclusionBoth physical and affective components of dyspnoea were improved, at short term and long term, by 8 weeks of individualised home-based PR. The present results support the importance of assessing dyspnoea as a multidimensional experience during PR, warranting replication by robustly designed randomised and controlled studies.
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