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An economic evaluation of a self-management programme of activity, coping and education for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Author: Dritsaki, M. Country/countries: United Kingdom Number of patients participating in the study: 287 This study was focused on patients living with COPD
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques delivered in groups Intervention components: E+MT+G
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: Eating behaviours, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring
Intervention analysed in the study: Action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+AB+EB
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physiotherapists, Service Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring, Smoking cessation or reduction, Social roles

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
COPD symptoms (short term) Dyspnea or breathlessness Self-reported chronic respiratory questionnaire (CRQ-SR) - dyspnea domain
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety Anxiety Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)-Anxiety subscale
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety Depression Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) -depression subscale
Exacerbation Exacerbations N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions Emergency room/department visits N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions Hospital days (Lenght of stay) N/A
Physical activity / Muscle strenght Exercise capacity Incremental Shuttle Walking Test (ISWT)
Physical activity / Muscle strenght Exercise capacity The endurance shuttle walk (ESWT)
Self-efficacy Self-efficacy Pulmonary Rehabilitation Adapted Index of Self-Efficacy (PRAISE)

Patient characteristics

Age: 67.51 years (+/- a standard deviation of 8.52) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 48.34 (+/- a standard deviation of 17.95) 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
COPD symptoms (short term) - Dyspnea or breathlessness
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety - Anxiety
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety - Depression
Exacerbation - Exacerbations
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - Emergency room/department visits
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - Hospital days (Lenght of stay)
Physical activity / Muscle strenght - Exercise capacity
Physical activity / Muscle strenght - Exercise capacity
Self-efficacy - Self-efficacy

Other publications associated with this study

Comparison of a structured home-based rehabilitation programme with conventional supervised pulmonary rehabilitation: a randomised non-inferiority trial Link: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208506 The development and pilot testing of the Self-management Programme of Activity, Coping and Education for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (SPACE for COPD) Link: 10.2147/COPD.S40414