School of Nursing, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA
Review
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Improves COPD Outcomes
Author(s): Lauren M Manzo* and Joanie C Jackson
Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) is an underutilized service for patients with COPD. This integrative review aims to compile current evidence-based research about the benefits of physician generated PR referrals for the moderate-tosevere COPD patient.
An integrative review of the literature was initiated by searching these electronic databases: PubMed, The Cochrane Library, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Nursing and Allied Health, Health and Management, and Health and Wellness. The articles utilized for this review spanned from the years of 2010- 2018, except for two articles that were published in 2008. Types of articles included in this integrative review include randomized controlled clinical trials, quantitative studies, and qualitative studies. The number of studies included in this integrative review is 33.
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