Home-based Treatment of Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- COPD
- Interventions
- Behavioral: usual careBehavioral: closer collaboration between hospital and primary healthcare system
- Registration Number
- NCT00702078
- Lead Sponsor
- St. Olavs Hospital
- Brief Summary
We want to improve the treatment of patients suffering from COPD (3-4) by early medical intervention in the patients home. A close cooperation between the hospital and the primary healthcare system will hopefully reduce hospitalisation, drug consumption and improve quality of life. Following up from the hospital and the primary healthcare in cooperation may lead to earlier detection and treatment of exacerbations in COPD.
The main outcome variable will be number of hospitalizations assessed simply by counting. The second objective will be Quality of life and activation assessed by different questionnaires included in St.George´s Respiratory Questionnaire.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 172
Inclusion Criteria
- clinical diagnosis of COPD (III-IV)
- receive help from homecare nurse
- not suffering from any other serious disease, with expected lifespan less than 6 months
Exclusion Criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description usual care usual care follow-up according to todays best practice. cooperation closer collaboration between hospital and primary healthcare system Follow-up from the hospital and the primary healthcare in cooperation
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of hospitalizations 2011
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method quality of life 2011 lung function 2011 use of medication 2011 cost-effectiveness 2011
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Dept. of Lung Diseases, St.Olavs Hospital
🇳🇴Trondheim, Norway