Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Respiratory Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group:
In addition to usual care, access to the COPD web-based self-management system including educational COPD content, personal medical information such demographic, drug and medical
Sponsors
McGill University (Canada)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Males and females patients with stable COPD aged 40 years and older 2. Patients who started the "Living Well with COPD" program 3. Have access to a computer and internet 4. Current or previous smoker (at least 10 packs per year) 5. Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) after the use of a bronchodilator between 25% and 70% of the predicted normal value and FEV1 - forced vital capacity ratio less than 70% 6. Two COPD exacerbations in the previous year
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Previous diagnosis of asthma 2. Left congestive heart failure 3. Terminal disease 4. Dementia 5. Uncontrolled psychiatric illness 6. Long term care-facility stays
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Improvement in patients' adherence to action plan in the event of exacerbation 2. Action plan adherence defined as the patient taking antibiotic or prednisolone within three days of starting an acute exacerbation | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Medication adherence 2. COPD self-efficacy 3. COPD specific health-related quality of life (chronic respiratory questionnaire, St George's respiratory questionnaire) 4. Adverse events (number of respiratory emergency deparment visits and hospitalisations) | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed