Secondary Prevention of Problems in Health Status in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

NCT ID: NCT00940355

Last Updated: 2010-01-20

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

303 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-09-30

Study Completion Date

2009-10-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of an intervention conducted by a pulmonary nurse in patients with COPD.

The hypothesis is that in a sample of COPD patients with clinically relevant problems in health status (physiological functioning, symptoms, functional impairment and quality of life), a motivational intervention conducted by a pulmonary nurse will lead to patient-tailored treatment and an improved health status.

Detailed Description

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a disease state characterized by airflow that is not fully reversible. Besides problems in physiological functioning, the patient also can experience symptoms, functional impairment and a diminished quality of life (see Vercoulen et al., 2008). Problems in the three latter domains of health status are hardly recognized in usual care, and remain untreated until escalated. This is mainly caused by two phenomena: doctor delay and patient delay. Doctor delay: the physician does not directly identify symptoms, functional impairment, and problems in quality of life. Patient delay: the patient does not report problems in these health status domains.

What is necessary is a screening instrument that can be used in routine care and identifies patients with problems in the four domains of health status. If clinically relevant problems exists, and additional treatment is recommended, an intervention by the pulmonary nurse is indicated. This intervention is directed at increasing awareness of existing problems and motivating the patient for additional treatment. By means of the screening and intervention, problems in health status are detected and treated early, before escalation. Treatment is patient-tailored, based on the existing problems in the four domains of health status, eventually leading to an improved health status.

A randomized controlled trial is conducted to test the hypothesis described above. Based on the independent clinical interpretation of the PatientProfileChart (see Peters et al., 2009) by three professionals, patients are assigned to one of the following groups: 1. Patients with no clinically relevant problems in health status (group I), and 2. Patients with clinically relevant problems in health status (group II/III). Patients with clinically relevant problems in health status are randomized to a control group (group II: usual care as delivered by the outpatient clinic) and the experimental group (group III: intervention conducted by a pulmonary nurse, directed at increasing awareness of problems in health status, increasing motivation to engage in additional treatment, and improving health status).

Conditions

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Health Status

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention pulmonary nurse

group III: intervention conducted by a pulmonary nurse, directed at increasing awareness of problems in health status, increasing motivation to engage in additional treatment, and improving health status.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention pulmonary nurse

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is conducted by a pulmonary nurse, directed at increasing awareness of problems in health status, and increasing motivation to engage in additional treatment, and improving health status.

Usual care

group II: usual care as delivered by the outpatient clinic.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Intervention pulmonary nurse

The intervention is conducted by a pulmonary nurse, directed at increasing awareness of problems in health status, and increasing motivation to engage in additional treatment, and improving health status.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of COPD
* Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Not able to adhere to study protocol
* Not competent enough in understanding Dutch language
* Participation in pulmonary rehabilitation program within previous 6 months
* Current participation in other research study in COPD
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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PICASSO: Partners in Care Solutions for COPD

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Radboud University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center

Principal Investigators

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Leonie Daudey, MSc.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, department of Medical Psychology & department of Pulmonary Diseases

Jan Vercoulen, Dr.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, department of Medical Psychology & department of Pulmonary Diseases

Jan Vercoulen, Dr.

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Radboud University NIjmegen Medical Center, Department of Medical Psychology & department of Pulmonary Diseases

Locations

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Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, department of Pulmonary Diseases

Groesbeek, , Netherlands

Site Status

Countries

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Netherlands

References

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Vercoulen JH, Daudey L, Molema J, Vos PJ, Peters JB, Top M, Folgering H. An Integral assessment framework of health status in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Int J Behav Med. 2008;15(4):263-79. doi: 10.1080/10705500802365474.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19005926 (View on PubMed)

Peters JB, Daudey L, Heijdra YF, Molema J, Dekhuijzen PN, Vercoulen JH. Development of a battery of instruments for detailed measurement of health status in patients with COPD in routine care: the Nijmegen Clinical Screening Instrument. Qual Life Res. 2009 Sep;18(7):901-12. doi: 10.1007/s11136-009-9502-2. Epub 2009 Jun 19.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19543807 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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NTR1844

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

PICASSO 06-009

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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