Electronic Snapshot for Outpatient Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseRespiratory - Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseasePublic Health - Health service research
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12614000296639
- Lead Sponsor
- The Prince Charles Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
Adult patients of any age with thoracic-physician diagnosed COPD.
- COPD diagnosis will be based on Global Initiative in Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) spirometric criteria of post-bronchodilator FEV1<80% predicted and FEV1/FVC <70%.
Exclusion Criteria
- Inability to give written informed consent.
- Presence of other respiratory conditions which are more predominant than the COPD (e.g. asthma; bronchiectasis; interstitial lung disease; current lung cancer). Patients with previously treated lung cancer, without known current active lung cancer, will be able to be included.
- No current regular general practitioner.
- High care level in a residential care facility.
- Women who are pregnant.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method GP uptake of clinical care recommendations from the thoracic specialist, as measured by survey (survey specifically designed for this trial).<br><br>[At time of first GP follow-up consultation.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method