Pulmonary rehabilitation recommendation from a Pulmonologist cohort of São Paulo – Brazil

Authors

  • Vera Lúcia Taveira de Souza Stanzani UNINOVE
  • Alecsandra Aparecida dos Santos UNINOVE
  • Simone Dal Corso UNINOVE
  • Carla Malaguti UNINOVE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conssaude.v8i3.1890

Keywords:

DPOC, Intervenção, Pulmonar, Reabilitação.

Abstract

Consistent evidence to support pulmonary rehabilitation in the management of patients with chronic respiratory diseases, proving to be effective in reducing the symptom of dyspnea, increasing exercise tolerance and improving quality of life in this population. We investigate the frequency of prescription, patient profiles, as well as the type of recommendation on physical activity in the context of pulmonary rehabilitation. In this sense, forty pulmonologists answered a questionnaire closed on the management of patients with chronic lung disease. Slightly more than half of the sample recommended pulmonary rehabilitation to their patients. This recommendation has been addressed mainly to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The free walk is the activity most encouraged by these professionals. Efforts are needed to incorporate the early pulmonary rehabilitation in patients after acute exacerbation of the disease and increase initiative to stimulate a change in lifestyle in the clinical practice of pulmonologists.

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Author Biographies

Vera Lúcia Taveira de Souza Stanzani, UNINOVE

Fisioterapeuta, Mestranda em Ciências da Reabilitação, Universidade Nove de Julho, SP/Brasil

Alecsandra Aparecida dos Santos, UNINOVE

Fisioterapeuta, Mestre em Ciências da Reabilitação, Universidade Nove de Julho, SP/Brasil

Simone Dal Corso, UNINOVE

Profª Drª do mestrado em Ciências da Reabilitação da Universidade Nove de Julho, SP/Brasil

Carla Malaguti, UNINOVE

Profª Drª do mestrado em Ciências da Reabilitação da Universidade Nove de Julho, SP/Brasil

Published

2009-10-29

How to Cite

1.
Stanzani VLT de S, dos Santos AA, Dal Corso S, Malaguti C. Pulmonary rehabilitation recommendation from a Pulmonologist cohort of São Paulo – Brazil. Cons. Saúde [Internet]. 2009 Oct. 29 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];8(3):491-6. Available from: https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/1890

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