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Combined Lifestyle Interventions in the Prevention and Management of Asthma and COPD: A Systematic Review.

Charlotte D C Born, Rohini Bhadra, George D'Souza, Stef P J Kremers, Sucharita Sambashivaiah, Annemie M W J Schols, Rik Crutzen, Rosanne J H C G Beijers, P4O2 Consortium

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Synthesis in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Assessing Lifestyle Goal Setting in Patients with COPD.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026
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  4. Life's Essential 8 and cardiovascular health: Protective effects on chronic respiratory diseases.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2026
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  11. A Mixed-Methods Study Exploring the Feasibility of a Digital Combined Lifestyle Intervention for Patients With Post Covid-19 Condition.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Charlotte D C BornDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, NUTRIM Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0004-5628-8653
Rohini BhadraDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, NUTRIM Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.
George D'SouzaDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, St John's Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru 560034, India.
Stef P J KremersDepartment of Health Promotion, NUTRIM Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Sucharita SambashivaiahDivision of Clinical Physiology, St John's Medical College & St John's Research Institute, Bengaluru 560034, India.
Annemie M W J ScholsDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, NUTRIM Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Rik CrutzenDepartment of Health Promotion, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, 6211 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3731-6610
Rosanne J H C G BeijersDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, NUTRIM Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8192-0543
P4O2 Consortium

Funding

Precision Medicine for more Oxygen (P4O2) consortium funded by Health~Holland LSHM20104; LSHM20068
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: A healthy lifestyle has a protective role against the onset and management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Therefore, combined lifestyle interventions (CLIs) are a potentially valuable prevention approach. This review aims to provide an overview of existing CLIs for the prevention and management of asthma or COPD. (2) Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted using PubMed, EMBASE, and PsycInfo. Studies were included if CLIs targeted at least two lifestyle factors. (3) Results: Among the 56 included studies, 9 addressed asthma and 47 addressed COPD management, with no studies focusing on prevention. For both conditions, the most prevalent combination of lifestyle targets was diet and physical activity (PA), often combined with smoking cessation in COPD. The studied CLIs led to improvements in quality of life, respiratory symptoms, body mass index/weight, and exercise capacity. Behavioural changes were only measured in a limited number of studies and mainly showed improvements in dietary intake and PA level. (4) Conclusions: CLIs are effective within asthma and COPD management. Next to optimising the content and implementation of CLIs, these positive results warrant paying more attention to CLIs for persons with an increased risk profile for these chronic respiratory diseases.

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AsthmaExercisePulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveQuality of LifeDietFemaleHealthy LifestyleHumansLife StyleMaleSmoking Cessationasthmachronic respiratory diseasecombined lifestyle interventionCOPDmanagement

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PMID38794757
PMCPMC11124109

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