Individualized Plan for Improving Adherence to Portable Oxygen Therapy in Patients With Respiratory Pathology (PIMAOX)

Air Liquide

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dyspnea; COPD; ILD

Treatments: Behavioral: Educational and Training with counselling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT04691336

PIMAOX-CEI 20/04

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pilot study with patients with prescription of portable oxygen therapy, to test the impact on adherence of a patient-centered empowerment program, with contents on the nature of the respiratory pathology, the symptom of dyspnea, the benefits of the therapy, adjustment expectations and beliefs, as well as health habits.

Full description

All patients were summoned to the care center, being evaluated individually by a nurse, and based on the results, a care plan adapted to the specific needs and objectives was initiated. This care plan involved monitoring using different channels (face-to-face, telephone), with the main objective of monitoring the evolution of compliance, adherence and improving the quality of life of patients. The interventions that were carried out were educational and formative (using counseling communication skills), and technological (using monitoring tools in specific cases). The empowerment program was an educational session in which the nurse discussed content about dyspnea, the benefits of therapy, etc.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients (over 18 years old) with prescription of portable oxygen therapy by the Pneumology Service of the Sant Joan de Dèu Hospital in Manresa.

Exclusion criteria

• Psychophysical inability to carry out questionnaires or refusal to answer them.
• Severe displacement problems.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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22 participants in 1 patient group

PIMAGroup

Experimental group

Description:

All patients were summoned to the care center, being evaluated individually by a nurse, and based on the results, a care plan adapted to the specific needs and objectives was initiated. This care plan involved monitoring using different channels (face-to-face, telephone), with the main objective of monitoring the evolution of compliance, adherence and improving the quality of life of patients. The interventions that were carried out were educational and formative (using counseling communication skills), and technological (using monitoring tools in specific cases). The empowerment program was an educational session in which the nurse discussed content about dyspnea, the benefits of therapy, etc.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Educational and Training with counselling