Exploring transitions in care from pulmonary rehabilitation to home for persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A descriptive qualitative study.
Jonathan MirandaDanielle UnderwoodMiranda Kuepfer-ThomasDrew CoulsonAndy Chansoo ParkStacey J ButlerRoger S GoldsteinDina BrooksAmanda C EverallSara J T GuilcherPublished in: Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy (2020)
Participants agreed that some patients with COPD experienced suboptimal transitions from pulmonary rehabilitation to home that were characterized by suboptimal self-management. Further research is needed to develop and evaluate interventions to improve transitions. Such interventions should include strategies to elicit long-term behaviour change to assist patients when they return into the community.