Enhancing potential impact of hospital discharge interventions for patients with COPD: a qualitative systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are frequently readmitted to hospital resulting in avoidable healthcare costs. Many different interventions designed to reduce hospital readmissions are reported with limited evidence for effectiveness. Greater insight into how interventions could be better designed to improve patient outcomes has been recommended.

Aim

To identify areas for optimisation within previously reported interventions provided to reduce COPD rehospitalisation to improve future intervention development.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted by searching Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and CENTRAL in June 2022. Inclusion criteria were interventions provided to patients with COPD in the transition from hospital to home

SUBMITTER: Nygard T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10288795 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature