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

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Institut Català de la Salut

Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, 08950