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The complexity of COPD and medication adherence

The complexity of COPD and medication adherence

Dury, Rona (2017) The complexity of COPD and medication adherence. Nursing in Practice (94). pp. 69-73. ISSN 1473-9445

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Abstract

• Patients with COPD may also suffer from other conditions, such as anxiety disorders, cardiac disease or diabetes.
• Tobacco smoking is recognised as the most common cause of COPD, so smoking cessation may be one way of successfully managing the condition.
• Between 20% and 50% of COPD patients are non adherent, the main problem being misunderstanding medication.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Quality of life; Prescribed medication; Smoking cessation; Aerosol drugs
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Health Sciences (HEA)
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Health & Society Research Group
Last Modified: 02 Oct 2017 15:58
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/16600

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