Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable, and treatable disease characterized by airway and/or alveolar abnormalities that manifest itself with respiratory-tract symptoms and airway confinement, often caused by significant exposure to harmful particles or gases. COPD, which is expected to climb rapidly in the first place in the order of causes of death in 2030, remains an important public health problem. Considering the socioeconomic burden of COPD, Pulmonary rehabilitation is one of the least costly treatment strategies. Pharmacological treatments in COPD are limited to exercise capacity and effects on physical activity, so that the patient’s daily life can be sustained in social life, but only by pulmonary rehabilitation. The personalization of the pulmonary rehabilitation programmes at the patient base is at the point of being structured according to the barriers in front. Providing a patient-specific, individualized comprehensive intervention targeting complex needs to improve physiological, psychological and social outcomes and ensure continuity with behavior change should be the cornerstone of every rehabilitation programme.