Helping patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease adhere to regimens
Intended for healthcare professionals

Primary Health Care

CPD Previous    

Helping patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease adhere to regimens

Jane E Scullion Consultant respiratory nurse
Leicester Steve Holmes General practitioner, Shepton Mallett
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Twitter Share to Twitter More...

The management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is complex because people need to make behavioural and lifestyle changes while also taking medications. Despite identifiable factors non-adherence to treatment in COPD is still a big issue. Risk factors for non-adherence include the actual disease, the treatments, the patient and the clinician relationship and the setting of that contact.

Primary Health Care. 20, 5, 33-39. doi: 10.7748/phc2010.06.20.5.33.c7810

Keywords :

COPD - respiratory disease - adherence - patient education

Want to read more?

RCNi-Plus
Already have access? Log in

or

3-month trial offer for £5.25/month

Subscribe today and save 50% on your first three months
RCNi Plus users have full access to the following benefits:
  • Unlimited access to all 10 RCNi Journals
  • RCNi Learning featuring over 175 modules to easily earn CPD time
  • NMC-compliant RCNi Revalidation Portfolio to stay on track with your progress
  • Personalised newsletters tailored to your interests
  • A customisable dashboard with over 200 topics
Subscribe

Alternatively, you can purchase access to this article for the next seven days. Buy now

Are you a student? Our student subscription has content especially for you.
Find out more

Organisational access
Read this article via your institutional log in or pair token
Don’t have access via your organisation? Recommend to your librarian

04 June 2010 / Vol 20 issue 5

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DIGITAL EDITION

SUBSCRIBE

Journals