Personalizing Self-Management Interventions in COPD - Looking Beyond One-Size-Fits-All

Anke Lenferink^{1

2}, Marjolein G J Brusse-Keizer^{1

3}, Job van der Palen^{3

4}, Tanja W Effing^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
² Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
³ Medical School Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
⁴ Cognition, Data and Education, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
⁵ College of Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
⁶ School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.

Editorial

Anke Lenferink et al. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2025.

. 2025 Jan 8:20:65-68.

doi: 10.2147/COPD.S511278. eCollection 2025.

Anke Lenferink^{1

2}, Marjolein G J Brusse-Keizer^{1

3}, Job van der Palen^{3

4}, Tanja W Effing^{5

6}

¹ Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
² Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
³ Medical School Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
⁴ Cognition, Data and Education, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
⁵ College of Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
⁶ School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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