Health Literacy in People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: Health literacy intervention group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03216603

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Health literacy refers to personal and relational factors affecting a person's ability to acquire, understand and use information about health and health services. In a need assessment study it was found that, the health services need to focus on health literacy factors in the follow up of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Thus, this project evaluate the effect a of a health literacy partnership health promotion intervention (hospital, municipalities, university) after discharge from hospital with the use of motivational interviewing and tailored follow-ups on re-admission, health literacy, self-management quality of life and cost in people with COPD compared with usual care.

Enrollment: 130 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with COPD,
• Above 18 years,
• Admitted to a medical department at the main intervention hospital, l
• Live in the sites belonging to the intervention hospital.

Exclusion criteria

• Not diagnosed with COPD,
• Not above 18 years,
• Not admitted to a medical department at the main intervention hospital, and
• Not living in the sites belonging to the intervention hospital.
• Cognitive failure
• Patients that are investigated or treated for cancer

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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130 participants in 2 patient groups

Health literacy intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Health literacy intervention group will receive self-management help using a motivating interviewing technique delivered by nurses trained on motivating interviewing technique and COPD.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health literacy intervention group

Usual care group

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care group will receive usual follow up