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Effect of an action plan with ongoing support by a case manager on exacerbation-related outcome in patients with COPD: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Author: Trappenburg, J. C. Country/countries: Netherlands Number of patients participating in the study: 233 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: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Smoking cessation or reduction
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques and shared decision making Intervention components: E+MT+AB+SD
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring, Smoking cessation or reduction

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
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
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
Number of emergency room visits and admissions COPD-related hospital admissions N/A
Qualiy of life Quality of life (specific-disease instruments) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 65.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.0) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 56.0 (+/- a standard deviation of 21.0) 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
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety - Anxiety
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety - Depression
Exacerbation - Exacerbations
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

Action Plan to enhance self-management and early detection of exacerbations in COPD patients; a multicenter RCT Link: 10.1186/1471-2466-9-52