pragmatic maintenance

Background Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improves exercise capacity, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. Maintenance programs can sustain the benefits for 12 to 24 months. Yet, the long-term effects ( 12 months) of pragmatic maintenance programs in real-life settings remain unknown. This prospective cohort study assessed ...