This article reviews a qualitative study on how patients identify and manage exacerbations in COPD. The study aimed to explore patient’s current understanding and experience of managing and identifying COPD exacerbations at home. The article covers the background of the study, research design, sampling technique, data collection and analysis, and research results.

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Review of a qualitative journal article on patients' experience of identifying and managing exacerbations in COPD.

A review of a study on how COPD patients identify and manage exacerbations at home.

Qualitative Study on COPD Exacerbation Management

Patients’ experience of identifying and managing exacerbations in COPD: a qualitative study

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This qualitative study explores how COPD patients identify exacerbations and the management mechanisms employed at home. The study reveals that COPD patients identify exacerbations based on visible and invisible symptoms and employ self-management techniques. The findings highlight that the patients only accessed healthcare assistance in the event that the self-management techniques did not result in improvement in their conditions.

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Self-Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

This study focuses on the chronic-obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations and explores the understanding and experience of COPD patients in identifying and treating COPD’s exacerbations at home. The study used a qualitative research design and purposive sampling technique. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using grounded theory. The study findings suggest that COPD patients can identify exacerbations at home through visible and invisible features and use self-management strategies during exacerbations.

Patients’ experience of identifying and managing exacerbations in COPD: a qualitative study

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Patients’ experience of identifying and managing exacerbations in COPD: a qualitative study

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Self-Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Guided Review of Qualitative Literature on COPD Exacerbations