Self-management of health care behaviors for COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This systematic review aimed to identify the most effective components of interventions to facilitate self-management of health care behaviors for patients with COPD. PROSPERO registration number CRD42011001588.

Methods

We used standard review methods with a systematic search to May 2012 for randomized controlled trials of self-management interventions reporting hospital admissions or health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Mean differences (MD), hazard ratios, and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated and pooled using random-effects meta-analyses. Effects among different subgroups of interventions were explored including single/multiple components and multicomponent interventions with/without exercise.

Results

One hundred and seventy-three randomized

SUBMITTER: Jolly K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4762587 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature