**8. Conclusion**

Pulmonary rehabilitation, a non-pharmacologic therapy, has become the standard of care for COPD patients. It is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, patient-centered intervention that includes patient assessment, exercise training, self-management education, and psychosocial support. Positive outcomes from pulmonary rehabilitation include increased exercise tolerance, reduced dyspnea and anxiety, increased self-efficacy, and improvement in health-related quality of life. An interdisciplinary approach including pulmonary medicine, rehabilitation sciences, social sciences, and behavioral sciences is required to alter physical activity behavior in COPD patients. Primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and all other allied healthcare providers require greater education and learning opportunities about the procedure and advantages of pulmonary rehabilitation. Future research will also need to address the viability and security of pulmonary rehabilitation. Increasing the number of healthcare professionals, patients' understanding of and access to pulmonary rehabilitation, and improving the program's quality are key processes essential to attaining these goals.
