Evaluation of a Combined Strategy Addressed to Practitioners and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients to Improve Clinical Control and Quality of Life

NCT00922545 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: 550.62
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 801
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Main objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of a combined strategy addressed to health care workers and patients, in relation to improving clinical control and patient's quality of life.It includes a feed-back about the health status of the patients, an education plan addressed to practitioners based in a CPG and in health education

Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Quality of life; Primary health care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Quality of life (Saint George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ)

  Beginning of the intervention and at the end (12 months after)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Dyspnea, exacerbations and hospital admissions

  Beginning of the intervention and at the end (12 months after)

Interventions

Implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines (GPC) and Health Education Program OTHER

Intervention: The program includes giving clinical results to the health care workers(doctor and nurse), from the medical records and interview. A training course (20h)that deals with aspects related to GPC, motivational interview and health education (tobacco, inhalers, alimentation, exercise and physiotherapy).

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 40 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients of both genders aged ≥40 years of age, recorded as having COPD, receiving attention in the PCC or at home, who have had at least one clinical visit for COPD management, and who provide written informed consent to participation in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who have any psychiatric disturbances, severe visual or auditory impairment that would impede compliance with the study protocol.
• Patients with asthma, tuberculosis or other chronic respiratory pathologies, or any end-stage disease, or not having access to a telephone.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina: lead
• Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de la Direcció d'Atenció Primària de Costa de Ponent: collaborator
• Societat Catalana de Medicina Familiar i Comunitària, Assoc. (CAMFiC): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Institut Català de la Salut

Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08950, Spain

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Valero C, Monteagudo M, Llagostera M, Bayona X, Granollers S, Acedo M, Ferro JJ, Rodriguez-Latre L, Almeda J, Munoz L; COPD Group of SAP Baix LLobregat Centre. Evaluation of a combined strategy directed towards health-care professionals and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): information and health education feedback for improving clinical monitoring and quality-of-life. BMC Public Health. 2009 Dec 1;9:442. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-442.

  PMID: 20128887 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Interventions

Glycophorins

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Chronic Disease; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sialoglycoproteins; Glycoproteins; Glycoconjugates; Carbohydrates; Glycopeptides; Peptides; Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins; Proteins

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 16, 2009
• First Posted: June 17, 2009
• Study Start: April 1, 2004
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2007
• Study Completion: December 1, 2010
• Last Updated: October 9, 2009

Record last verified: 2009-10

Locations

ES (1)