for patients with COPD
Fischer, M.J.
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ILLNESS PERCEPTIONS AND TREATMENT BELIEFS
IN PULMONARY REHABILITATION FOR PATIENTS WITH COPD
Maarten Fischer
Fischer, M.J.
Illness perceptions and treatment beliefs in pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD Thesis Leiden University, the Netherlands
ISBN: 978‐90‐8570‐726‐4
Printed by: CPI Wöhrmann Print Service Cover design: Abe Ontwerp (Lucia Snoei)
Financial support for the research reported in this thesis was kindly provided by the
Netherlands Asthma Foundation, Boehringer‐Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca.
The research reported in this thesis was conducted under the auspices of the Research
Illness perceptions and treatment beliefs in pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD
Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor
aan de Universiteit Leiden,
op gezag van de Rector Magnificus prof. mr. P.F. van der Heijden,
volgens het besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op dinsdag 8 maart 2011
klokke 16.15 uur
door
Maarten Jan Fischer geboren te Nijmegen
op 20 januari 1976
Promotiecommissie
Promotores: Prof. dr. A.A. Kaptein
Prof. dr. K.F. Rabe
Co‐promotor: Dr. M. Scharloo
Overige leden: Prof. dr. J.A. Weinman (King’s College London) Prof. dr. J.M. Bensing (Universiteit Utrecht)
Dr. J.K. Sont
Prof. dr. J.W.R. Nortier
Sometimes, the fastest way to get there is to go slow.
Sometimes, if you want to hold on, you got to let go.
(Tina Dico, Count to ten)
Chapter 1. General introduction 9
Chapter 2. Respiratory rehabilitation 25
Chapter 3. Participation and drop‐out in pulmonary rehabilitation: 53 a qualitative analysis of the patient's perspective
Chapter 4. Drop‐out and attendance in pulmonary rehabilitation: 71 the role of clinical and psychosocial variables
Chapter 5. The dynamics of illness perceptions: testing assumptions of 87 Leventhal's Common Sense Model in a pulmonary rehabilitation setting
Chapter 6. Concerns about exercise are related to walk test results in 109 pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD
Chapter 7. General discussion 127
Summary 145
Nederlandse samenvatting 151
Dankwoord 159
Curriculum Vitae 164
Publications 165
