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The effect of occupational therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized controlled trial

Author: Martinsen, U. Country/countries: Norway Number of patients participating in the study: 52 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: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring, action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques and social support Intervention components: E+MT+AB+EB+SS
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Ocuppational therapist Targeted self-management behaviours: Eating behaviours, Fitting in at work, Handling /managing emotions, Physical activity /exercise, Physical management, Smoking cessation or reduction, Social roles

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Activities of daily living Being able to work Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)
Physical activity / Muscle strenght Exercise capacity Borg CR-10 scale - Borg RPE-D
Qualiy of life Quality of life (specific-disease instruments) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 67.6 years (+/- a standard deviation of 6.4) Gender: 34 females Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 47.8 (+/- a standard deviation of 14.6) 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
Activities of daily living - Being able to work
Physical activity / Muscle strenght - Exercise capacity
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)