Long Term Effect of an Education and Training Program for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00159549

Enrollment

Registered

2005-09-12

Start date

2000-01-31

Completion date

2005-12-31

Last updated

2018-11-30

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Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Keywords

Patient education

Brief summary

A parallell group study comparing the effect of an education program with an education and training program for patients with COPD. 30 participants in each group. Participants self-select which group they wanted to be in. Main outcome is SGRQ (a HQoL for patients with COPD).

Interventions

BEHAVIORALeducation and training program

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients diagnosed with COPD (FEV1\<75% of expected) who have the ability to conversation and active participation will be included.

Exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
St Geoprg Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
COPD-Efficacy scale (Norwegian short version), Breathing Problems Questionnaire (BPQ), journal examinations, FVC, FEV1, six minutes walking test with registration of shortness of breath and pulseoxymetrical data.	—

Countries

Norway

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026