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The cost-effectiveness of a structured education pulmonary rehabilitation programme for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care: the PRINCE cluster randomised trial

Author: Gillespie, P. Country/countries: Ireland Number of patients participating in the study: 350 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 delivered in groups Intervention components: E+AB+G
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physiotherapists Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Physical activity / Muscle strenght Exercise capacity Incremental Shuttle Walking Test (ISWT)
Qualiy of life Quality of life (specific-disease instruments) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 68.6 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.2) Gender: 127 females/223 males Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 58.6 (+/- a standard deviation of 14.1) 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

Outcome Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
Physical activity / Muscle strenght - Exercise capacity
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)

Other publications associated with this study

The effectiveness of a structured education pulmonary rehabilitation programme for improving the health status of people with moderate and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care: the PRINCE cluster randomised trial Link: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-203103 A cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a structured pulmonary rehabilitation education programme for improving the health status of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: The PRINCE Study protocol. Link: 10.1186/1471-2466-11-4