NCT02479841

Health-promoting Competence, Coping and Quality of Life in Patients With COPD

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 225 (actual)
• Sponsor: Helse Fonna · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of mortality and disability, and by 2020, it is expected to be the third leading cause of mortality worldwide. COPD is a major public health concern and has considerable impact on health and quality of life. For this study an evidence based self-management program is developed, the purpose of the study is to see if this self-management program, in collaboration between specialized health services and municipality health services, improves patients with COPD health-promoting competence, coping and quality of life, and reduces health service costs.The study has a RCT design.

Conditions

• COPD
• Coping
• Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Self management program

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-02-01
• Primary completion: 2017-10-01
• Completion: 2023-12-01
• First posted: 2015-06-24
• Last updated: 2024-01-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway