Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Conditions
Interventions
Providing online-support-program consists of information, peer-support and remote self-monitoring.
Sponsors
National College of Nursing, Japan
Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association Fukujuji Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1)Those who have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by a physician and go to see a doctor regularly. (2)COPD is the main cause of the disease and physical co-morbidities do not affect ADL. (3)Those who are with mMRC 1 or higher. (4)Those who can have a 60-minute discussion in person or online. (5)Those who have maintained their cognitive and physical functions as below. The age is 65 years or above and 85 years or below. The person or his/her family member are able to properly manage the tablet device according to the manual. Those who are able able to see the text displayed on the tablet device. Those who are able to distinguish colors displayed on the tablet terminal. Those who have enough finger dexterity to swipe and tap on the tablet device. Those who have sufficient hearing to talk to others via Teams. (6)Those who wish to have the opportunity to exchange information with other patients and his or her physician judges that the person is able to accept his or her current situation. (7)Those who are able to participate in all three session at intervals of 7 to 10 days
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria will be 1.Persons who have been judged by the physician to be inappropriate to participate in the study. 2.Patients in the terminal stage. 3.Patients whose cognitive function has declined, and have difficulty communicating with other patients. 4.Patients with psychiatric disorders orthose undergoing intervention by the palliative care team. 5.Those who cannot read and write Japanese. 6.Those who participated in the feasibility study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Health related quality life(SF-36) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of COPD related emergency hospital admissions, number of visits outside of appointments COPD assessment test Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-item Scale Japanese version Qualitative data from participants and journal entries Support contents provided to participants The number of participants who agreed to participate in the study and the number of non-consenters at the time of recruitment | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactMihoko Fujii
National College of Nursing, Japan Doctral program student
Outcome results
None listed