Why the study?
What do people with COPD perceive as important for maintaining an active lifestyle following pulmonary rehabilitation?
What do people with COPD perceive as important for maintaining an active lifestyle following pulmonary rehabilitation?
Patients with COPD value structured, supported exercise opportunities to maintain physical activity after pulmonary rehabilitation.
Patient preferences for structured support may guide post-pulmonary rehabilitation strategies in COPD; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
The opportunity for structured, ongoing exercise with peer and professional support, in a suitable venue, is perceived as important to people with COPD in facilitating a physically active lifestyle following pulmonary rehabilitation. This desire for such opportunities may be related to individuals' self-efficacy towards physical activity.
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