Peer Support and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Self-Management: A Promising Approach?

Vincent S Fan^{1

2}, David B Coultas^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Health Services Research and Development, Seattle, Washington.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
³ Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon; and.
⁴ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.

Editorial

Vincent S Fan et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;19(10):1640-1641.

doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202207-591ED.

Vincent S Fan^{1

2}, David B Coultas^{3

4}

¹ Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Health Services Research and Development, Seattle, Washington.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
³ Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon; and.
⁴ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.

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Comparing Self-Management Programs with and without Peer Support among Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Clinical Trial.
Aboumatar H, Garcia Morales EE, Jager LR, Naqibuddin M, Kim S, Saunders J, Bone L, Linnell J, McBurney M, Neiman J, Riley M, Robinson N, Rand C, Wise R. Aboumatar H, et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Oct;19(10):1687-1696. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202108-932OC. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022. PMID: 35442179 Clinical Trial.

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