Status:
UNKNOWN
Evaluation of a Combined Strategy Addressed to Practitioners and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients to Improve Clinical Control and Quality of Life
Lead Sponsor:
Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
Collaborating Sponsors:
Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de la Direcció d'Atenció Primària de Costa de Ponent
Societat Catalana de Medicina Familiar i Comunitària, Assoc. (CAMFiC)
Conditions:
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
40+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Main objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of a combined strategy addressed to health care workers and patients, in relation to improving clinical control and patient's quality of life.It includes a ...
Detailed Description
Method/design: Design: Multicenter intervention study(before-after), quasi-experimental, prospective, with a control group and 12 month's follow-up Setting: 21 primary Health Care Centres in Barcelo...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients of both genders aged ≥40 years of age, recorded as having COPD, receiving attention in the PCC or at home, who have had at least one clinical visit for COPD management, and who provide written informed consent to participation in the study.
Exclusion
- Patients who have any psychiatric disturbances, severe visual or auditory impairment that would impede compliance with the study protocol.
- Patients with asthma, tuberculosis or other chronic respiratory pathologies, or any end-stage disease, or not having access to a telephone.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
801 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00922545
Start Date
April 1 2004
End Date
December 1 2010
Last Update
October 9 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Institut Català de la Salut
Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, 08950