The Experience of Learning Meditation and Mind/Body Practices in the COPD Population.
Explore (New York, N.Y.) 2016 Roxane Raffin Chan, Rebecca H Lehto
Persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) exhibit high levels of comorbid anxiety that severely worsens their sensation of dyspnea and is associated with high levels of avoidance of essential activities resulting in an increase morbidity and mortality. Increasing meditation and mind/body practices have been shown to decrease anxiety, and improve intrapersonal and interpersonal...