Patient Education in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - Effect and Costs

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Treatments: Behavioral: Group training; Behavioral: Group training with self-help group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00705302

4.2007.2589 (Other Identifier)

17732 (Other Identifier)

10307300

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to determine the long term effect of a self-help group in a patient education program for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Full description

Pulmonary rehabilitation is aimed to increase the level of health of patients with COPD by increasing their self care ability. A recent updated systematic review concluded that evidence strongly supports respiratory rehabilitation as part of the spectrum of management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Studies of pulmonary rehabilitation programs lasting up to 18 months show that effects are mainly maintained throughout the duration of the program. The long term effect, however, is mostly studied for programs of shorter durations. Some of the studies with shorter duration have found that the achieved benefit was lost or diminished during the follow up period, while others have found that the effect has been maintained up to 18 months. Our necessity in the rehabilitative field is to find strategies to maintain benefits during time.

Enrollment: 88 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• (FEV1) lower that 75% of predicted
• the ability to participate in physical activity
• not been hospitalized the last month.

Exclusion criteria

• contraindications for physical activity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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88 participants in 2 patient groups

patient education including self-help

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in the arm will participate in a three months patient education and exercise program including a self-help group in 3 months of time.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Group training with self-help group

patient education

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients in arm 2 will participate in the same patient education and exercise program as arm 1, but without an additional self-help group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Group training