%0 Journal Article
%T Patients¡¯ Experiences and Opinions on Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Use of It as a Tool of Palliative Care on Idiopathic  Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
%A Sameera Peumal Senanayake
%A Kalpani Abhayasinghe
%A Rathugamage Sithija Priyankara Fernando
%A Heeraluge Erandie Hasini Perera
%A Ridmi Shashiprabha Maddumage
%A Athuraliya Gamacharige Kasuni Neranja
%A Kathaluwa Liyana Kankanamge Tharini Dilanka Sandharenu
%J Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases
%P 61-75
%@ 2163-9418
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojrd.2021.112006
%X <b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Background:</span></b></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive, and
life-limiting condition. It has no cure hence it is vital to establish
effective methods of improving the quality of remaining life in these patients.
One of the key components of improving quality of life is pulmonary
rehabilitation. However little research has been conducted to understand the
perspectives and lived experience of people with IPF on pulmonary
rehabilitation. Hence, we aim to fill this gap in the existing literature. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> We sought to un</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">derstand how patients coped
with pulmonary rehabilitation. A pa</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">tient-centred approach was used to
explore the physical and psychological impact of pulmonary rehabilitation.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted by experienced academics. Interviews
used a topic guide but mostly led by the participants. An inductive thematic
approach was used to analyse data, allowing us to identify common themes in the
participants¡¯ experiences. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Of fifty invited participants, ten
took part in the study (aged 53 - 81 years). Inductive analysis of interviews
identified seven second-order themes and eleven first-order themes, represented
by two General Dimensions: </span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡°</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">motivation</span></i></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡±</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡°</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Advantages and disadvantages</span></i></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span
%K Pulmonary Rehabilitation
%K IPF
%K Patient Perspective
%K Exercise
%K Quality of Life
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=109022