Self management of patients with mild COPD in primary care: randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of telephone health coaching delivered by a nurse to support self management in a primary care population with mild symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). DESIGN:Multicentre randomised controlled trial. SETTING:71 general practices in four areas of England. PARTICIPANTS:577 patients with Medical Research Council dyspnoea scale scores of 1 or 2, recruited from primary care COPD registers with spirometry confirmed diagnosis. Patients were randomised to telephone health coaching (n=289) or usual care (n=288). INTERVENTIONS:Telephone health coaching intervention delivered by nurses, underpinned by Social Cognitive Theory. The coaching promoted accessing smoking cessation services, increasing physical activity, medication management, an

SUBMITTER: Jolly K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5998171 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature