COPD
Conditions
Keywords
COPD, home-based treatment, early intervention
Brief summary
We want to improve the treatment of patients suffering from COPD (3-4) by early medical intervention in the patients home. A close cooperation between the hospital and the primary healthcare system will hopefully reduce hospitalisation, drug consumption and improve quality of life. Following up from the hospital and the primary healthcare in cooperation may lead to earlier detection and treatment of exacerbations in COPD. The main outcome variable will be number of hospitalizations assessed simply by counting. The second objective will be Quality of life and activation assessed by different questionnaires included in St.George´s Respiratory Questionnaire.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALcloser collaboration between hospital and primary healthcare system
Follow-up from the hospital and the primary healthcare in cooperation
BEHAVIORALusual care
follow-up according to todays best practice
Sponsors
Community Health Network
St. Olavs Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 95 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* clinical diagnosis of COPD (III-IV) * receive help from homecare nurse * not suffering from any other serious disease, with expected lifespan less than 6 months
Exclusion criteria
\-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of hospitalizations | 2011 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| quality of life | 2011 |
| lung function | 2011 |
| use of medication | 2011 |
| cost-effectiveness | 2011 |
Countries
Norway
Outcome results
None listed