PMID: 31190788. COPD patient experiences, self-reported needs, and needs-based strategies for coping with self-management. Jonina Sigurgeirsdottir, 1,2, Thirty-one articles were included in the review and general areas requiring support were identified: 1 understanding COPD, 2 managing, Beyond finding a cure for COPD was the goal patients' primary needs were to receive adequate information about the disease and treatments, and Thirty-one articles were included in the review, and general areas of need for support were identified: 1 understanding COPD, 2 manage, A simple and valid tool for patients to express their “experience” would be welcome. The voices of people with COPD need to be heard, and health care providers need to really listen; Publications have revealed that patients with COPD have a high symptom burden that impacts quality of life and social functioning. The provision of information on COPD is as follows: Results: Thirty-one articles were included in the analysis and general areas requiring support were identified: 1 understanding COPD, 2 managing symptoms and medications, 3 , the role of physicians in the treatment of COPD is crucial, as is the role of physicians in providing information, education and guidance on the critical role patients play in the progression of the disease. 22, Doctors view nicotine-dependent patients as a difficult group who may reject them if pressured to quit smoking, and one study concludes that, Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, is a common illness that causes irreversible obstruction of the airways. Fatigue and exertional dyspnea, for example, have a detrimental impact on the patient's daily life. Current research has revealed the need for patient empowerment, which can result not only in introduction and education. Patients are often eager to understand and learn more about their health problems and conditions, and providing them with the most relevant, current, consistent, and up-to-date information helps patients and their families significantly in medical care and the decision-making process. RP education should be offered to all patients with COPD, regardless of disease severity, because they all achieve improvements, 222 from mild to severe to very severe lung disease. 225, should be given to exercise training for patients with mild to moderate disease, but for patients with severe to very severe disease, Introduction. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, is a common chronic disease associated with a rapidly increasing physical, social and economic burden in terms of both direct health costs, including hospitalizations and medications, and indirect costs, loss productivity, absenteeism from work and premature retirement. East,