A Patient-Centered Walking Program for COPD

Bruce G. Bender, Ann Depew, Amanda Emmett, Kelly Goelz, Barry J. Make, Sanjay Sharma, Jennifer Underwood, David A. Stempel

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD Foundation · 2016 · 23 citations · 25 references

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A relatively low-resource wellness coaching, goal-setting intervention resulted in a small improvement in the activity level of COPD patients over a 12-week period including those with marked pulmonary impairment. Further investigation should be directed at understanding the optimal blend of in person and remote coaching needed to produce the greatest cost-to-benefit ratio.

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