ArticleERJ open research2025
Barriers to and enablers of physical activity and its association with daily steps after hospitalisation for a COPD exacerbation: what patients say matters.
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- Facilitating interprofessional collaboration for effective care transitions of a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2026Review
- [Highlights of the 58th Congress of the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR)].Open respiratory archivesReview
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Abstract
Introduction: Exacerbations of COPD decrease physical activity. Physical activity interventions after these events are desirable but have had mixed results. Understanding the barriers to and enablers of physical activity may help to improve the results of these interventions. We aimed to assess the barriers to and enablers of physical activity after COPD exacerbation and their association with daily steps. Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional analysis of patients with COPD enrolled during a hospitalisation for an exacerbation. Physical activity was measured with an accelerometer for 7 days after discharge. Patients completed an Results: 46 patients with a mean±sd forced expiratory volume in 1 s of 48.6±15.9% predicted completed the assessments. They were 65±10 years old, spent 8±2 days hospitalised and walked 5633±3314 steps·day Conclusion: Some barriers to and enablers of physical activity reported by patients after a COPD exacerbation relate to daily steps. Assessing physical activity barriers and enablers could be useful to improve future physical activity interventions after these events.
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