Ola Bratås
Position: PhD Candidate, Assistant Professor, MSc, RN
Adress: Faculty of Nursing, Sør-Trøndelag University College
Øya Helsehus, Mauritz Hansens gate 2, NO 7004-Trondheim
E-mail: ola.bratås@hist.no
Telephone: +47 73552974
Research area: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. An establishment and well documentet part of treatment for COPD patients is the rehabilitation regimen. However, not all COPD patients use rehabilitation sevices and little is known about potential clinical, socio-demographical or psychosocial differences between thos who use rehabilitation services and those who do not use these services.