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The impact of patient education and shared decision making on hospital readmissions for COPD

Link: 10.2147/copd.S154414
Author: Collinsworth, A. W. Country/countries: United States Number of patients participating in the study: 308 This study was focused on patients living with COPD
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Intervention components: UC
See more Setting of implementation: Hospital care (hospitalized) Professionals delivering the intervention: RRT (registered respiratory therapist) Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+AB+EB
See more Setting of implementation: Hospital care (hospitalized), Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: registered respiratory therapist Targeted self-management behaviours: Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Handling /managing emotions, Smoking cessation or reduction

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Number of emergency room visits and admissions All-cause hospital readmissions N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions Emergency room/department visits N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions COPD-related hospital readmissions N/A
Patient activation Patient activation Patient Activation Measure (PAM)
Qualiy of life Quality of life (specific-disease instruments) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 70.49 years (+/- a standard deviation of 12.23) Gender: 180 females Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: N/A Multi-morbidity: Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)

  • 5.56 (+/- a standard deviation of 2.46)

  • 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
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - All-cause hospital readmissions
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - COPD-related hospital readmissions
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - Emergency room/department visits
Patient activation - Patient activation
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)