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Experiences of the impact of living with COPD and its psychological effects on participating in community-based physical activity in Brazil: a qualitative study. Findings from the Breathe Well group
2023-11-01
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Physical activity (PA) improves dyspnoea, psychological wellbeing and quality of life (QoL) for people with COPD and reduces their risk of exacerbation. However, engagement in PA is low especially amongst those with anxiety and depression, and provision of PA programmes limited in countries with limited resources such as Brazil. We explored the perceptions of 21 people with COPD about t...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d02fb6ed-03a6-5e0e-8e0e-f9339fc03d14
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3482239/v1
