Experts currently see COPD as a systemic illness, not just as a pulmonary illness chronic bronchitis lung emphysema
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Academisch Medisch Centrum
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients *40 years of age with COPD in GOLD stage II to IV (postbronchodilator FEV1/FVC*0.70, postbronchodilator FEV1*80% predicted are eligible if in- or outpatient treatment of their last exacerbation ended *4 weeks ago. If patients had an exacerbation in the previous 4 weeks, (s)he can be invited when free of exacerbations for at least 4 weeks. We will include any patient who is able to complete the baseline assessment.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: We will exclude patients who received mechanical ventilation in the previous 12 months because of their extremely poor prognosis and patients with co-morbidities associated with a life expectancy of *12 months. We will also exclude patients diagnosed with dementia, psychosis or other psychiatric illness that invalidate assessment of patient-reported parameters (health-related quality of life, physical activity, dyspnea etc). Finally, we will exclude patients if the baseline assessment including the questionnaires cannot be completed due to language difficulties.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Exacerbations and health-related quality of life | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed