Original Article
Impact of Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Educational Component in Patients with Severe Asthma
Author(s):
Jhonatan Betancourt-Peña*, Diana Marcela Castro-Valencia, Steven García, María Lorena Orozco-Leyton, Juan Carlos Ávila-Valencia and Vicente Benavides-Cordoba
Background: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airways disease, which produces an increase in the reactivity and recurrent episodes of wheezing, respiratory distress and cough. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) and education is a strategy that improves the quality of life and health status of patients. Objective: To determine the impact of PR with an educational component on functional aerobic capacity, symptoms, anxiety, depression and quality of life related to health in patients with severe asthma. Methods: Prospective and non-controlled intervention study in 11 patients, who underwent the 6-minute walking test, spirometry, the Medical Research Council dyspnoea scale (MRC), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale questionnaire (HADS) and the St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ). The PR program.. Read More»
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