Outpatient Management of Patients With Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Treatments: Procedure: Patient education and disease management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00317057

KA05756

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients admitted to the hospital with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are evaluated with regard to early follow-up by a specialized nurse in the home after discharge.

Full description

Patients admitted to Department of Internal Medicine M, Glostrup University hospital, with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are evaluated with regard to early follow-up by a specialized nurse in the home after discharge. Eligible patients receive education about disease management. The intervention is evaluated by comparing the number of readmissions for COPD and the duration of admissions during the study period to the the period prior to the implementation of this intervention.

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Admission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Exclusion criteria

• Other severe acute or chronic diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Educational/Counseling/Training

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)