Cognitive behavioural therapy combined with physical activity behavioural modification strategies during pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD.

Matthew ArmstrongEmily HumeLaura McNeillieFrancesca ChambersLynsey WakenshawGraham BurnsKaren MarshallIoannis Vogiatzis

Published in: ERJ open research (2023)

Providing anxious and/or depressed patients with COPD with a combined intervention of CBT and BPA during PR presents more favourable improvements in physical activity outcome measures compared to CBT alone during PR.

Keyphrases

physical activity
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
randomized controlled trial
body mass index
pulmonary hypertension
sleep quality
cystic fibrosis
air pollution
depressive symptoms
smoking cessation