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A self-management education program including an action plan for acute COPD exacerbations

Author: Sedeno, M. F. Country/countries: Canada Number of patients participating in the study: 191 This study was focused on patients living with COPD
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Plus Intervention components: UCP
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Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Action-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+AB
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians, Physiotherapists Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours, Handling /managing emotions, Healthy sleep habits, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Smoking cessation or reduction

Outcomes measured in the study

Effekt Messgröße Tool
Number of emergency room visits and admissions COPD-related hospital admissions N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions Hospital days (Lenght of stay) N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions Emergency room/department visits N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions All-cause hospital admissions N/A
Qualiy of life Quality of life (specific-disease instruments) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 69.5 years (+/- a standard deviation of 6.96) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 42.2 (+/- a standard deviation of 12.5) Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: N/A

Level of health literacy: N/A
  • Tool: N/A

Socio-economic characteristics: N/A

Risk of Bias of this study

Effekt Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - All-cause hospital admissions
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - COPD-related hospital admissions
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - Emergency room/department visits
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - Hospital days (Lenght of stay)
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)

Other publications associated with this study

Economic benefits of self-management education in COPD Link: 10.1378/chest.130.6.1704 Reduction of hospital utilization in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a disease-specific self-management intervention Link: 10.1001/archinte.163.5.585 Self-management reduces both short- and long-term hospitalisation in COPD Link: 10.1183/09031936.05.00093204