HELPing Older People With Very Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Towards the End of Their Lives: Developing, Piloting and Refining a Practical Intervention (HELP-COPD)

University of Edinburgh

Status and phase: Completed; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Treatments: Other: HELP-COPD action plan

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01650480

2012/R/RES/02

12243 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to develop, refine and pilot a novel complex (HELP-COPD) assessment, undertaken during or immediately after a hospital admission, which addresses the holistic care needs of people with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Registered with Lothian General Practice
• Admitted with an exacerbation of COPD as their primary diagnosis at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Exclusion criteria

• People with lung cancer
• People unable to give informed consent and complete questionnaire booklets in English

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: HELP-COPD action plan

Control group

No Intervention group