Very brief advice for pulmonary rehabilitation

Co-design of a very brief behavioural change approach to assist healthcare professionals discuss pulmonary rehabilitation with people with COPD

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN12555890

Enrollment

Registered

2024-05-30

Start date

2024-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-15

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Conditions

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Respiratory

Interventions

Study 1: Qualitative interviews 1:1 interviews will be conducted by a researcher who does not know the participant via videoconference, telephone or in the participant’s home. The topic guide, which c

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 130 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult =18 years with COPD OR healthcare professional with at least 1 years’ experience working in PR (e.g. physiotherapist, nurse, occupational therapist) OR healthcare professional with at least 1 years’ experience of making referrals to PR OR known clinical expert in PR e.g. member of national or international committee 2. Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Cognitive impairment that would preclude taking part in an interview and/or workshop

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Perceived barriers and facilitators to referral and uptake (including the impact of the pandemic) amongst HCPs, patients their carers/family, including those experienced by under-represented communities, and associated behaviours in accordance with the Theoretical Domains Framework, structured by the Behaviour Change Wheel COM-B model at the end of the study 2. Similarities and differences between smoking and PR and implications for the behavioural change approach design, assessed using behavioural analysis at the end of the study 3. How the VBA model of ‘Ask, Advise, Act’ can be adapted for PR, e.g. how and what referrers can say that is likely to be well-received and lead to a referral, how to support patients make a decision and manage responses, assessed using qualitative interviews, co-design workshops and focus groups at the end of the study 4. Approaches required for different HCPs and patients, assessed using qualitative interviews, co-design workshops and focus groups at the end of the study 5. Training needs and programme delivery strategy to support HCPs, assessed using qualitative interviews, co-design workshops and focus groups at the end of the study 6. Behaviour change approach and online training course co-designed and developed based on behavour change theory and findings from qualitative interviews with stakeholders at the end of the study 7. Feedback on the online training course from HCPs who participated in the qualitative interviews at the end of the study	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Perceived barriers and facilitators to referral and uptake (including the impact of the pandemic) amongst HCPs, patients their carers/family, including those experienced by under-represented communities, and associated behaviours in accordance with the Theoretical Domains Framework, structured by the Behaviour Change Wheel COM-B model at the end of the study 2. Similarities and differences between smoking and PR and implications for the behavioural change approach design, assessed using behavioural analysis at the end of the study 3. How the VBA model of ‘Ask, Advise, Act’ can be adapted for PR, e.g. how and what referrers can say that is likely to be well-received and lead to a referral, how to support patients make a decision and manage responses, assessed using qualitative interviews, co-design workshops and focus groups at the end of the study 4. Approaches required for different HCPs and patients, assessed using qualitative interviews, co-design workshops and focus groups at the end of the study 5. Training needs and programme delivery strategy to support HCPs, assessed using qualitative interviews, co-design workshops and focus groups at the end of the study 6. Behaviour change approach and online training course co-designed and developed based on behavour change theory and findings from qualitative interviews with stakeholders at the end of the study 7. Feedback on the online training course from HCPs who participated in the qualitative interviews at the end of the study

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
There are no secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactClaire Nolan

claire.nolan@brunel.ac.uk+44 (0)1895 265949

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 21, 2026