Influence of 7 weeks self management education on the BAI and 6MWD of COPD stable patients

This study examines the effect of self-education on, exercise tolerance, and dyspnea. Twenty patients with stable COPD (mean forced expiratory volume in one second FEV1 = 1.29 ± 0.28, 6MWD 333.15 ± 70, BAI43.15 ± 3.47) had seven 90 min sessions of self-education at weekly intervals. Patients complet...

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Main Authors: Sherif Alsayed, Khalid Elnagar, Essam Mousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-07-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Subjects:
BAI
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763814000661