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Randomized Controlled Trial of Health Coaching for Vulnerable Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Link: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201806-365OC
Author: Thom, D. H. Country/countries: United States Number of patients participating in the study: 192 This study was focused on patients living with COPD
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Intervention components: UC
See more Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A 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: Community-based care, Home-care, Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: Educator Targeted self-management behaviours: Communication with healthcare and/or social care providers, Condition-specific behaviours, Smoking cessation or reduction

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
COPD symptoms (short term) Dyspnea or breathlessness Self-reported chronic respiratory questionnaire (CRQ-SR) - dyspnea domain
COPD symptoms (short term) General COPD symptoms COPD Assessment Test (CAT)
Exacerbation Exacerbations N/A
Knowledge Knowledge N/A
Lung Function FEV1 (% pred) - forced expiratory volume N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions COPD-related hospital admissions N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions Emergency room/department visits N/A
Physical activity / Muscle strenght Exercise capacity 6-min walking test (6MWT)
Qualiy of life Quality of life (specific-disease instruments) N/A
Self-efficacy Self-efficacy Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease (SMCD)
Smoking Cessation Smoking cessation N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 61.3 years (+/- a standard deviation of 7.6) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 0.57 (+/- a standard deviation of 0.19) 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) - General COPD symptoms
COPD symptoms (short term) - Dyspnea or breathlessness
Exacerbation - Exacerbations
Knowledge - Knowledge
Lung Function - FEV1 (% pred) - forced expiratory volume
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - COPD-related hospital admissions
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - Emergency room/department visits
Physical activity / Muscle strenght - Exercise capacity
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)
Self-efficacy - Self-efficacy
Smoking Cessation - Smoking cessation

Other publications associated with this study

Health coaching to improve self-management and quality of life for low income patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Link: 10.1186/s12890-017-0433-3.