NCT01117493

Expert Patient Self-management Programme Versus Usual Care in Bronchiectasis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (actual)
• Sponsor: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this exploratory randomized controlled trial was to investigate the efficacy of a disease specific Expert Patient Programme compared to usual care in patients with bronchiectasis. Hypothesis: Disease specific EPP will increase self efficacy compared to usual care.

Conditions

• Bronchiectasis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Expert Patient Programme	Intervention was a disease specific Expert Patient Programme in addition to usual care. The disease specific Expert Patient Programme was delivered one session per week (lasting 2½ hours) for eight weeks and included 2 weeks disease specific education followed by 6 weeks standardised Expert Patient Programme.
BEHAVIORAL	Usual care	Usual care included reviews at a specialist respiratory clinic on a three monthly basis to monitor spirometry, inflammatory blood markers and sputum microbiology. The patients were prescribed inhaled therapy and antibiotics if required, and treatment adjusted to the needs of the patient as necessary, including hospital admission.

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-09-01
• Primary completion: 2007-10-01
• Completion: 2007-10-01
• First posted: 2010-05-05
• Last updated: 2010-05-05