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[Effectiveness of a brief educational intervention relating to the correct use of inhalers on the prevention of exacerbation in patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]

Author: Martinez Iban, M. Country/countries: Spain Number of patients participating in the study: 97 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: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours
Intervention analysed in the study: Education based intervention Intervention components: E
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Exacerbation Exacerbations N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions COPD-related hospital readmissions N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 64.2 years Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 64.8 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
Exacerbation - Exacerbations
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - COPD-related hospital readmissions