What matters to people with COPD: outputs from Working Together for Change.

ABSTRACT: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has a negative impact on people's quality of life affecting daily activities and mental and emotional well-being. Healthcare services need to understand what patients want and need. We used a co-production methodology, Working Together for Change, not previously used in a COPD setting to determine what matters to people with COPD. Forty patients took part in one-to-one discussions to identify what was working well, not working well and what was important for the future in terms of their COPD care. The responses were analysed in two one-day co-production workshops involving COPD patients, carers and professionals. The six highest priority themes around what's not working well were: 'I don't think the right hand knows what the left hand is doing',

SUBMITTER: Early F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6461642 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature