Clinical-effectiveness of self-management interventions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: An overview of reviews.

ABSTRACT: Self-management (SM) is defined as the provision of interventions to increase patients' skills and confidence, empowering the individual to take an active part in their disease management. There is uncertainty regarding the optimal format and the short- and long-term benefits of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) SM interventions in adults. Therefore, a high-quality overview of reviews was updated to examine their clinical effectiveness. Sixteen reviews were identified, interventions were broadly classified as education or action plans, complex interventions with an SM focus, pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), telehealth and outreach nursing. Systematic review and meta-analysis quality and the risk of bias of underlying primary studies were assessed. Strong evidence was found that PR

SUBMITTER: Murphy LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5720233 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature