Disease-specific knowledge in Greek patients with COPD before entering pulmonary rehabilitation

Conclusion: Greek COPD patients demonstrated impairments in the disease-specific knowledge, more evident in topics regarding medication and exercise. Specific to chest infection knowledge was higher in more breathlessness patients.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Kortianou, E., Lemoniadi, I., Mavronasou, A., Spetsioti, S., Anastasopoulos, N., Vasilopoulou, M., Vogiatzis, I., Koulouris, N. G. Tags: Physiotherapists Source Type: research