Publications by authors named "Penny Galey"
Article Synopsis
- A study checked how much inhaled medicine people with cystic fibrosis (CF) received compared to how much they actually used.
- It found that many people had more medicine than they needed, leading to a waste of money—about £1,124 per person on average.
- The results show that people who didn't use their medicine as much wasted the most, suggesting that it's important to help people use their medicines properly.
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects approximately 3 million people in the UK. An 8-week pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) course is recommended under current guidelines. However, studies show that initial benefits diminish over time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) provides benefit for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in terms of quality of life (QoL) and exercise capacity; however, the effects diminish over time. Our aim was to evaluate a maintenance programme for patients who had completed PR.
Setting: Primary and secondary care PR programmes in Norfolk.
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is efficacious in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). As completion rates of PR are poor, we wished to assess predictors of attendance and adherence.
Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 711 patients with COPD, who were invited to attend PR.