Integrating Palliative Care Education in Pulmonary Rehabilitation

"PR will include exercise training twice a week, and education and psychosocial support once per week during 12 weeks.~The intervention will include an education session on palliative care, a Peer-to-peer session, a Get-apart session and online sessions.~The education session on palliative care will be facilitated by two specialist healthcare professionals. The main topics that will be discussed are: concept of palliative care, symptom control, disease impact, psychosocial support and planning for the future.~Participants will be the primary communicators in the Peer-to-peer session, and the dialogue will be based on their suggestions. Those who feel more reluctant to reveal private thoughts in front of their loved ones will have the opportunity to discuss their issues in a Get-apart environment.~Individual cases will be referred to a specialist palliative care team or to any other health/social care professional according to the unmet needs identified."

"Participants will receive the same PR program as the experimental group besides the education session on palliative care, the Peer-to-peer session, the Get-apart session and the online sessions (i.e. traditional pulmonary rehabilitation)."