In order to characterise the overall clinical picture of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) a better understanding of all relevant comorbidities is required. It is increasingly …

BACKGROUND: Cognitive impairment challenges the ability to adhere to the complex
medication regimens needed to treat multiple medical problems in older adults. OBJECTIVE …

Study objectives: To identify the predictors of medication adherence in patients with COPD
and contrast the health beliefs, experiences, and behaviors of COPD patients self-reporting …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to review research on psychological characteristics in
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and to summarize the findings of …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the cross-sectional association between COPD severity and
disturbed sleep and the longitudinal association between disturbed sleep and poor health …

Some analogy exists between cognitive impairment in hypoxemic patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). We purposed to verify …

The objectives of this study were to characterize and clarify the relationships between the
various cognitive domains affected in COPD patients and the disease itself, as well as to …

Background: Hypoxemic patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) have
impaired cognitive performance. These neuropsychological impairments are related to the …

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been associated with neuropsychological (NP)
deficits. The extent to which such effects are attributable to unmeasured confounders or …

BACKGROUND: Substantial healthcare resources are spent on chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). In addition, the involvement of patients in monitoring and …