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Effects of telephone health mentoring in community-recruited chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on self-management capacity, quality of life and psychological morbidity: a randomised controlled trial

Author: Walters, J. Country/countries: Australia Number of patients participating in the study: 182 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: Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques and social support delivered remotely Intervention components: E+AB+EB+SS+R
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Setting of implementation: Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Cessation or reduction of alcohol and other harmful consumptions, Communication with healthcare and/or social care providers, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Handling /managing emotions, 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
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety Depression Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D)
Number of emergency room visits and admissions COPD-related hospital admissions N/A
Qualiy of life Quality of life (generic instruments) N/A
Qualiy of life Quality of life (generic instruments) N/A
Qualiy of life Quality of life (specific-disease instruments) N/A
Self-efficacy Self-efficacy Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease (SMCD)
Self-efficacy Self-efficacy Partners in Health Scale (PIH- overall score)

Patient characteristics

Age: 67.75 years (+/- a standard deviation of 7.75) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 55.2 (+/- a standard deviation of 13.3) Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: 2.0

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
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety - Depression
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - COPD-related hospital admissions
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (generic instruments)
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (generic instruments)
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)
Self-efficacy - Self-efficacy
Self-efficacy - Self-efficacy