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A nurse led intermediate care package in patients who have been hospitalised with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Link: 10.1136/thx.2007.077578
Author: Sridhar, M. Country/countries: United Kingdom Number of patients participating in the study: 122 This study was focused on patients living with COPD
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Plus Intervention components: UCP
See more Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Emotional-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+EB
See more Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring, Smoking cessation or reduction

Outcomes measured in the study

Résultat Mesure Tool
COPD symptoms (short term) Dyspnea or breathlessness Chronic respiratory disease questionnaire (CRQ) - Dyspnea
Exacerbation Exacerbations N/A
Lung Function FEV1 (% pred) - forced expiratory volume N/A
Lung Function FEV1 (L/min) - forced expiratory volume N/A
Lung Function FVC (L/min) - forced vital capacity N/A
Mortality COPD-related mortality N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality 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: 69.79 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.01) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 45.9 (+/- a standard deviation of 17.17) 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

Résultat Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
COPD symptoms (short term) - Dyspnea or breathlessness
Exacerbation - Exacerbations
Lung Function - FEV1 (% pred) - forced expiratory volume
Lung Function - FEV1 (L/min) - forced expiratory volume
Lung Function - FVC (L/min) - forced vital capacity
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Mortality - COPD-related mortality
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - All-cause hospital admissions
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)

Other publications associated with this study

supplement sridhar