Adherencia a un programa interdisciplinario de rehabilitación respiratoria. / [Adherence to interdisciplinary Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program].
Medicina (B Aires)
; 74(2): 104-9, 2014.
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in Es
| BINACIS
| ID: bin-133612
ABSTRACT
Participation in a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program (PRP) improves dyspnea, functional capacity and quality of life in patients with chronic respiratory disease. A retrospective study was carried out to identify variables related to compliance in an out patient PRP at an Argentine center and to evaluate the results in compliant patients. The PRP included an "acquisition" stage consisting of 16 weeks of supervised training twice weekly and lectures on treatment benefits, inhalation devices used, smoking cessation, symptoms recognition and flair up management, among others. Patients were reassessed after this stage. Patients completing the acquisition stage were considered PRP compliant. Of 388 patients evaluated for admission 102 (26.3
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Collection:
06-national
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AR
Database:
BINACIS
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspects:
Implementation_research
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Patient_preference
Language:
Es
Journal:
Medicina (B Aires)
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article