Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Conditions
Interventions
control group:health-care providers and general practitioners provided subjects with usual care according to the subjects’ needs. Every 3 months, the caregivers were asked to determine each subject’s
management group:the general practitioners and physical specialist were jointly in charge of the diagnosis and treatment of acute exacerbation, the formulation of maintenance treatment plan. The speci
Sponsors
Second affiliated hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Lanxi Branch
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Subjects were recruited by their family physicians from 14 community healthcare centers in Lanxi city, Zhejiang, China, from January to December 2019. The inclusion criteria for COPD were the measurement of a one second forced expiratory volume/forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) <70%). These criteria are in accordance with the criteria published by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Inability to adhere to clinical intervention; 2) mobility impairments; 3) mental diseases; 4) other systemic illness affecting the performance of this intervention program.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| COPD assessment test (CAT) score; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| core management skills by patients including the pursed-lips breathing, oxygen use, smoker, pulmonary rehabilitation and regular medication.;Pulmonary function tests;The Barthel index; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactShunjin Zhao
Second affiliated hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Lanxi Branch
Outcome results
None listed