Abstract

EFFECT OF EDUCATION ON PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

Kalina Andreevska, *Valentina Petkova, Stanislava Jordanova, Daniela Grekova,Vasil Madjarov, Maria Dimitrova, Guenka Petrova, Stanislav Guerguiev, MilenDimitrov

ABSTRACT

WHO statistics reports that more then 210 million people suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 3 million people died of COPD annually. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of education of patients with COPD on their quality of life. The study results show that engagement of community pharmacists for management of COPD is necessary and it leads to improvement of patient’s quality of life

Keywords: COPD, education, quality of life, mortality, morbidity