Aim of Study: To explore and quantify the association, and relative contribution, between psychological, behavioural and social factors to impaired health related quality of life in people with stable and moderate or worse physiological severity of COPD. To inform subsequent feasibility RCTs aimed to target non-pharmacological interventions for people with COPD. This study is funded by the National Schools of Primary Care Research.
The Chief investigators are Dr Sarah Brien and Prof Tony Kendrick.