A Self-management Programme of Activity Coping and Education for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: is it effective in primary care?

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Respiratory
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Registration Number: ISRCTN35501175

Lead Sponsor: niversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UK)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 192

Inclusion Criteria

Patients (no age limit, either sex) with an established diagnosis of COPD according to international guidelines and Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnoea scale 2 - 5.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Inability to participate in interventions designed to improve physical capacity, e.g., neurological, locomotive or psychiatric disability
2. Unwillingness to participate
3. Participation in other research projects
4. Inability to read English
5. Participation in rehabilitation in the last 12 months
6. Patients must have been clinically stable for four weeks

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health status determined by Chronic Respiratory Disease Self-Reported Questionnaire - dyspnoea component, measured at the initial assessment, and at 8 weeks and 6 months after this assessment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measured at the initial assessment, and at 8 weeks and 6 months after this assessment:<br>1. Domestic physical activity<br>2. Exercise capacity<br>3. Mental wellbeing<br>4. Self-efficacy<br>5. Health utilisation<br>6. Task completion<br>7. Adherence<br>8. Patient knowledge<br>9. Exacerbation rates