Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inpatients with exacerbation of COPD at HCPA.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: difficulty of understanding (absence of response to verbal commands, severe psychiatric illness, retardation, blindness), psychiatric illness with corresponding CID; metastatic desease; decompensated severe heart disease.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Rate of hospitalization due to exacerbation of COPD, observed by the medical records. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life observed by the Saint George Respiratory Questionnaire and SF 12v2.;Knowledge of and techniques for using prescribed inhalation devices evaluated by questionnaire and demonstration of inhalation technique.;Drug-related problems rates (effectiveness, necessity, safety) using the Dader Method adapted for the sample. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre - UFRGS