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Thresholds for clinically important deterioration versus improvement in COPD health status: results from a randomised controlled trial in pulmonary rehabilitation and an observational study during routine clinical practice

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  • Harma Johanna Alma Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Corina de Jong Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Danijel Jelusic Center for Rehabilitation, Pulmonology and Orthopedics, Klinik Bad Reichenhall, Bad Reichenhall, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael Wittmann Center for Rehabilitation, Pulmonology and Orthopedics, Klinik Bad Reichenhall, Bad Reichenhall, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael Schuler Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry (ICE-B), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Bayern, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Robbert Sanderman Department of Health Psychology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Department of Psychology, Health and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Konrad Schultz Center for Rehabilitation, Pulmonology and Orthopedics, Klinik Bad Reichenhall, Bad Reichenhall, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Janwillem Kocks Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Thys van der Molen Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Mrs Harma Johanna Alma; h.j.alma{at}umcg.nl
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Alma HJ, de Jong C, Jelusic D, et al
Thresholds for clinically important deterioration versus improvement in COPD health status: results from a randomised controlled trial in pulmonary rehabilitation and an observational study during routine clinical practice
BMJ Open 2019;9:e025776. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025776

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  • Received August 12, 2018
  • Revised May 12, 2019
  • Accepted May 17, 2019
  • First published June 28, 2019.
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August 05, 2023
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