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Physicians’ Attitudes, Beliefs and Barriers to a Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study

This study aimed to assess physicians’ attitudes toward delivering pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and identify factors and barriers that might influence referral decisions. Between September 2021 and January 2022, a cross-sectional online surve...

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Autores principales: Aldhahir, Abdulelah M., Alqahtani, Jaber S., Alghamdi, Saeed M., Alqarni, Abdullah A., Khormi, Shahad K., Alwafi, Hassan, Samannodi, Mohammed, Siraj, Rayan A., Alhotye, Munyra, Naser, Abdallah Y., Hakamy, Ali
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9140795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35628041
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050904
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author Aldhahir, Abdulelah M.
Alqahtani, Jaber S.
Alghamdi, Saeed M.
Alqarni, Abdullah A.
Khormi, Shahad K.
Alwafi, Hassan
Samannodi, Mohammed
Siraj, Rayan A.
Alhotye, Munyra
Naser, Abdallah Y.
Hakamy, Ali
author_facet Aldhahir, Abdulelah M.
Alqahtani, Jaber S.
Alghamdi, Saeed M.
Alqarni, Abdullah A.
Khormi, Shahad K.
Alwafi, Hassan
Samannodi, Mohammed
Siraj, Rayan A.
Alhotye, Munyra
Naser, Abdallah Y.
Hakamy, Ali
author_sort Aldhahir, Abdulelah M.
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description This study aimed to assess physicians’ attitudes toward delivering pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and identify factors and barriers that might influence referral decisions. Between September 2021 and January 2022, a cross-sectional online survey was distributed to all physicians in Saudi Arabia. A total of 502 physicians completed the online survey, of which 62.0% (n = 312) were male. General physicians accounted for 51.2%, while internal-medicine specialists and pulmonologists accounted for 26.9% and 6.6%, respectively. Only 146 (29%) physicians had referred COPD patients to a PR program. The difference in referral rates between all specialties (p = 0.011) was statistically significant. Physicians with more years of experience were more likely to refer COPD patients to PR (p < 0.001). Moreover, a home-based PR program was preferred by 379 physicians (75.5%), and 448 (89.2%) perceived smoking cessation as an essential component of PR. Availability of PR centers (69%) was the most common barrier for not referring patients to PR. The overall referral rate was low among all physicians, owing to a lack of PR centers and trained staff. Home-based delivery was the preferred method of delivering PR, with smoking cessation as an essential component.
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spelling pubmed-91407952022-05-28 Physicians’ Attitudes, Beliefs and Barriers to a Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study Aldhahir, Abdulelah M. Alqahtani, Jaber S. Alghamdi, Saeed M. Alqarni, Abdullah A. Khormi, Shahad K. Alwafi, Hassan Samannodi, Mohammed Siraj, Rayan A. Alhotye, Munyra Naser, Abdallah Y. Hakamy, Ali Healthcare (Basel) Article This study aimed to assess physicians’ attitudes toward delivering pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and identify factors and barriers that might influence referral decisions. Between September 2021 and January 2022, a cross-sectional online survey was distributed to all physicians in Saudi Arabia. A total of 502 physicians completed the online survey, of which 62.0% (n = 312) were male. General physicians accounted for 51.2%, while internal-medicine specialists and pulmonologists accounted for 26.9% and 6.6%, respectively. Only 146 (29%) physicians had referred COPD patients to a PR program. The difference in referral rates between all specialties (p = 0.011) was statistically significant. Physicians with more years of experience were more likely to refer COPD patients to PR (p < 0.001). Moreover, a home-based PR program was preferred by 379 physicians (75.5%), and 448 (89.2%) perceived smoking cessation as an essential component of PR. Availability of PR centers (69%) was the most common barrier for not referring patients to PR. The overall referral rate was low among all physicians, owing to a lack of PR centers and trained staff. Home-based delivery was the preferred method of delivering PR, with smoking cessation as an essential component. MDPI 2022-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9140795/ /pubmed/35628041 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050904 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Aldhahir, Abdulelah M.
Alqahtani, Jaber S.
Alghamdi, Saeed M.
Alqarni, Abdullah A.
Khormi, Shahad K.
Alwafi, Hassan
Samannodi, Mohammed
Siraj, Rayan A.
Alhotye, Munyra
Naser, Abdallah Y.
Hakamy, Ali
Physicians’ Attitudes, Beliefs and Barriers to a Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title Physicians’ Attitudes, Beliefs and Barriers to a Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Physicians’ Attitudes, Beliefs and Barriers to a Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Physicians’ Attitudes, Beliefs and Barriers to a Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Physicians’ Attitudes, Beliefs and Barriers to a Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Physicians’ Attitudes, Beliefs and Barriers to a Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort physicians’ attitudes, beliefs and barriers to a pulmonary rehabilitation for copd patients in saudi arabia: a cross-sectional study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9140795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35628041
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050904
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