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An Educational Intervention to Improve Disease Management Knowledge of Hospitalized Patients With COPD

Not Applicable
Withdrawn
Conditions
Inpatients
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Patient Education
Interventions
Behavioral: Inpatient COPD education
Registration Number
NCT03323190
Lead Sponsor
Rush University Medical Center
Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to determine if inpatient COPD education would result in improved patient knowledge of COPD.

Detailed Description

A prospective cohort study utilizing a pre-test/post-test design will be used to test a COPD education intervention on a convenience sample of 30 patients with a diagnosis of COPD. Study participants will complete the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease questionnaire (COPD-Q) to assess their COPD knowledge. Next, a respiratory therapist will provide the first scripted COPD education session. The patient will complete the COPD-Q 24 hours and 30 days post-discharge. Demographic data, smoking status, pack-years, COPD spirometry grade, COPD symptom and exacerbation grade, previous hospital admissions, support system for managing COPD, attendance at previous formal education for COPD, current and home medications, pulmonary function test (PFT) results, vaccinations, and level of education data will be collected. Data related to patient recruitment will also be collected. Means and standard deviation will be reported for interval data. Total frequency and percentages will be reported for nominal data, and median and 25th and 75th percentile will be reported for COPD severity. Repeated measures ANOVA (p\< 0.05) will be used to evaluate if an inpatient COPD self-management intervention can increase the patient's knowledge of COPD after 24 hours and again at 30 days after the initial education session.

This study is expected to show that an inpatient education of COPD can increase the patient's COPD knowledge prior to discharge and that it will be retained for at least one month post-discharge.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
WITHDRAWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
  • History of COPD
  • Spirometry confirmation of COPD either from chart or bedside spirometry i. FEV1(forced expiatory volume in 1 second)/FVC (forced vital capacity) <70% ii. FEV1 < 80% predicted
  • Willingness to participate
  • English-speaking
  • Working phone
Exclusion Criteria
  • Cognitively impaired (including sedation)
  • Intubated
  • Non-English-speaking
  • Receiving palliative or hospice service
  • Enrolled in any other educational research s

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Inpatient COPD patientInpatient COPD educationAll COPD patients meeting the inclusion criteria of this study will be exposed to inpatient COPD education and tested at a later date to determine if knowledge on COPD was gained.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Gained knowledge1 year

Change from baseline on the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Questionnaire (COPD-Q).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pulmonary rehab enrollment1 year

Number of subjects that have enrolled in pulmonary rehab.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rush University Medical Center

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

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