Evaluation of a combined strategy directed towards health-care professionals and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): information and health education feedback for improving clinical monitoring and quality-of-life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a health problem that is becoming increasingly attended-to in Primary Care (PC). However, there is a scarcity of health-care programs and studies exploring the implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG). The principal objective of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a combined strategy directed towards health-care professionals and patients to improve the grade of clinical control and the quality-of-life (QoL) of the patients via a feedback on their state-of-health. A training plan for the health-care professionals is based on CPG and health education.

Method/design

Multi-centred, before-after, quasi experimental, prospective study involving an intervention group and a control group of ind

SUBMITTER: Valero C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2799410 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature