COPD Magazine

IPCRG is proud to present a new online magazine for people with COPD to support them to self manage their COPD. It embeds guidance, infographics and links to videos our expert team has curated to educate, motivate and inspire.

We encourage clinicians to recommend it to anyone diagnosed with COPD and patient organisations to share it widely.

How has the magazine been developed?
IPCRG hosts an international Steering Group of practising and academic physiotherapists with a special interest in COPD, patient and carer representatives, including a representative from the European Lung Foundation. Following a specification developed by the IPCRG's Education Committee comprising practising primary care clinicians and academics with a respiratory interest, about what the magazine should contain, the Steering Group developed a search strategy to find the best videos, infographics and guidance. This has guided Teesside University, UK, which IPCRG commissioned to undertake the searches and produce a shortlist of the best.  The Steering Group reviewed the shortlisted resources found by the university team to select those that they judged to offer the most accurate guidance, and be appropriate for a global audience of people with COPD. The text was co-created by the Steering Group and IPCRG. Images were sourced by IPCRG from its network.

Please share this widely and recommend it to as many people with COPD as you can to help them breathe well, move more and live better. If you are interested in translating this resource, please projectsupport [at] ipcrg [dot] org (subject: Digital%20Magazine%20-%20Translation) (contact us).

Read issue 1 here and issue 2 here. Issue 3 is currently in development and is due for publication in early 2025.

Issue 1: Breathe Well, Move More, Live Better

Issue 1 of the COPD Magazine offers expert guidance, infographics and curated instructional videos to help you self-manage your COPD. This issue covers breathing exercises to improve day-to-day breathing and help when you are particularly out of breath. It also addresses the key obstacles to becoming more physically active and gives examples of how you can increase your physical activity.

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Issue 2: Eat Well, Sleep Well, Feel Well

Issue 2 of the COPD Magazine helps people with COPD to live as well as they can by noticing and managing mood and emotions, restoring energy and sleeping well, eating well, and improving sex life and relationships with others. Following user feedback to issue 1, it incorporates video diaries of people with COPD talking about their everyday lives managing their conditions in response to the themes of this magazine - sharing their stories with people around the world who share their condition and offering their tips for navigating the challenges of COPD. 

Issue 2 is currently available in English. Translations into additional languages will be made available in the near future.

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Related resources

These resources were produced as part of the development of the COPD Magazine, but are suitable to be used and distributed separately from the magazine.

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COPD Right Care

COPD Right Care is a global social movement to improve care for people living with COPD. We want to show the range of people who have COPD, what optimal and safe care looks like and why personalisation though shared decision-making is something we must all champion. See below for other resources produced by COPD Right Care to complement the COPD Magazine.

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Publications & abstracts