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Home-Based Health Management of COPD Patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Interventions
Behavioral: health coaching
Registration Number
NCT02557178
Lead Sponsor
Sara Seifert
Brief Summary

Minnesota HealthSolutions Corporation (MHS) proposes to develop and evaluate a program to motivate and monitor people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to complete home exercise as part of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). The proposed system has two components: home-based activity monitoring and health coaching. The investigators will conduct a randomized, wait-list controlled clinical study to evaluate the effects of the activity monitoring system and health coaching on quality of life and daily steps.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
154
Inclusion Criteria
  • diagnosis of GOLD stage II, III, or IV COPD
  • current or previous smoker with at least 10 pack-years of cigarette smoking
  • be hospitalized for an exacerbation of COPD
Exclusion Criteria
  • high likelihood of being lost to follow-up or contact
  • inability to provide good data or follow commands
  • inability to do mild exercise

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Activity Monitor plus Health Coachinghealth coachingDevice: Actigraph Participants will wear the device daily during weeks 1, 9, and 17. Daily steps and activity will be measured. It will identify if they complete a prescribed exercise regimen. Participants in the intervention condition (wearing the Actigraph) will also receive supportive health coaching to encourage them to exercise.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Number of Daily Steps Between the Intervention and Control ConditionsSteps measured at baseline (week 1) and week 9

Number of daily steps as measured by the SenseWear Pro ArmBand, which is an accepted criterion measure for daily physical activity in adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Change in Physical Quality of Life Between the Intervention and Control ConditionsQuality of Life measured at baseline (week 1) and week 9

Measure Description: The Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire measures physical and emotional aspects with 20 items in four domains/categories. The two domains/categories used for physical summary were dyspnea and fatigue. The items are assessed numerically on a 7-point modified Likert scale (from 1 to 7). Scores are obtained by adding the scores for the items that make up each category and dividing by the number of items. Physical quality of life is obtained by adding the fatigue and dyspnea scores and dividing by two; hence, the score range is from 1 to 7. Higher scores indicate better health-related quality of life. Scores are obtained by adding the scores for the items that make up each category and dividing by the number of items. A minimally important difference is a change in score of 0.5 or more.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic

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Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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