Effectiveness of a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation maintenance programme: the Rehab2Life study protocol

• Main Authors: Liliana Silva (Author), Tiago Maricoto (Author), Ângela Mota (Author), Lara Lemos (Author), Mariana Santos (Author), Hélder Cunha (Author), Inês Azevedo (Author), Joana Berger-Estilita (Author), Patrício Costa (Author), José Miguel Padilha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is the bedrock of non-pharmacological treatment for people with COPD. Nonetheless, it is well described in the literature that unless the patient changes his behaviour, the benefits of PR programmes will decline in six to twelve months after finishing the progr...