The Lived Experiences of People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Phenomenological Study

Abstract

Purpose: This study explored the lived experiences of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) following hospitalization for acute exacerbation or pneumonia. Design and Method: A phenomenological approach was adopted to collect data through semistructured interviews. Fourteen participants were recruited from a medical center in northern Taiwan.

Two‐month breathing‐based walking improves anxiety, depression, dyspnoea and quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomised controlled study

“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a treatable but high burden disease that has negative impacts on patients’ bio‐psychological well‐being such as anxiety, depression (Tselebis et al, ), dyspnoea (Chang, Dai, Chien, & Chan, ; Yeh, Chen, Liao, & Liao, ) and quality of life (Blakemore et al, ). Relieving these symptoms and improving quality of life are targeted to manage COPD patients.…”

Experiences of older people following an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A phenomenological study

“…Particularly, those studies that connect emotional concerns to the worsening of physical symptoms such as breathlessness—in the work by Chang et al. (). However, the self‐determination described by Milne et al.…”

“…Several studies have investigated the lived experiences of people with COPD by using qualitative methods but this work mainly focuses on the experience of physical symptoms (Chang, Dai, Chien, & Chan, ; Costa et al., ; Martindale, Stephen, Devereux, & Addo, ). For instance, Chang et al.…”

“…For instance, Chang et al. () explored how people with COPD experienced an acute admission during hospitalisation, and work by Costa et al. () focused on how dyspnoea impacts on both patient and caregiver.…”

“…Several studies have investigated the lived experiences of people with COPD by using qualitative methods but this work mainly focuses on the experience of physical symptoms (Chang, Dai, Chien, & Chan, 2016;Costa et al, 2016;Martindale, Stephen, Devereux, & Addo, 2013). For instance, Chang et al (2016) explored how people with COPD experienced an acute admission during hospitalisation, and work by Costa et al (2016) focused on how dyspnoea impacts on both patient and caregiver. Both studies reported a desire by patients to live their lives as normally as possible, but that they expressed concerns about their ability to do this as their COPD disease progressed (Milne, Moyle, & Cooke, 2009).…”