Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital
With
University of Oslo
Norwegian Foundation for Health and Rehabilitation
University of Bergen
Age
30–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Dyspnoea symptoms in daily life
Spirometry values showing a COPD moderate stage II (FEV1/FVC\<70%, FEV1\<80%) and severity grade at a severe stage III (FEV1/FVC\<70%, FEV1\<50% and FEV1 = 30% of a predicted)
Be able to read, write and speak Norwegian
Be at a stable phase of the disease
You may not be if
Changes in pulmonary medication during the last 4 weeks
Diagnosis of cancer
Presently attending a pulmonary rehabilitation course or other similar COPD education courses (due to the fact that these courses often have instructions on breathing control), or having attended similar courses during the last six months
