Introduction.Awareness of the healthcare providers on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),which is an important cause\nof mortality and morbidity in our country and all over the world, and on pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) which plays an important\nrole in its nonpharmacological treatment will provide effectiveness in diagnosis and treatment of COPD.The present study aimed at\ndetermining knowledge level of the healthcare providers about COPD and PR. Materials and Methods. In this cross-sectional study,\nfamily practitioners and staff of home-care in central county of Manisa City were applied a questionnaire in order to determine\ntheir knowledge level on COPD and pulmonary rehabilitation during the in-service training on ââ?¬Å?pulmonary rehabilitation, homecare\nservices for the pulmonary diseases, and respiratory exercises.ââ?¬Â Results. 65.5% of the healthcare providers responded to the\nsurvey. Rate of those correctly knowing at least one of four items was 97.2%. No responder knew all items correctly. Average value\nfor correct answers was 5.30 Ã?± 2.1 (range: 1ââ?¬â??10). The physicians,men, and those working in family health centers had higher level of\nknowledge on COPD compared to non physician healthcare providers (
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