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Reduction of Hospital Utilization in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease<subtitle>A Disease-Specific Self-management Intervention</subtitle>

Bourbeau, Jean·2003·Archives of Internal Medicine

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BACKGROUND: Self-management interventions improve various outcomes for many chronic diseases. The definite place of self-management in the care of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has not been established. We evaluated the effect of a continuum of self-management, specific to COPD, on the use of hospital services and health status among patients with moderate to severe disease. METHODS: A multicenter, randomized clinical trial was carried out in 7 hospitals from February 1998 to July 1999. All patients had advanced COPD with at least 1 hospitalization for exacerbation in the previous year. Patients were assigned to a self-management program or to usual care. The intervention consisted of a comprehensive patient education program administered through weekly visits by trained health professionals over a 2-month period with monthly telephone follow-up. Over 12 months, data were collected regarding the primary outcome and number of hospitalizations; secondary outcomes included emergency visits and patient health status. RESULTS: Hospital admissions for exacerbation of COPD were reduced by 39.8% in the intervention group compared with the usual care group (P =.01), and admissions for other health problems were reduced by 57.1% (P =.01). Emergency department visits were reduced by 41.0% (P =.02) and unscheduled physician visits by 58.9% (P =.003). Greater improvements in the impact subscale and total quality-of-life scores were observed in the intervention group at 4 months, although some of the benefits were maintained only for the impact score at 12 months. CONCLUSIONS: A continuum of self-management for COPD patients provided by a trained health professional can significantly reduce the utilization of health care services and improve health status. This approach of care can be implemented within normal practice.

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Authors
Bourbeau, J.
Venue
Archives of Internal Medicine
Published
2003-03-10
Volume
163
Issue
5
Pages
585
ISSN
0003-9926 (ISSN-L)
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W2155638685
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939
References
25
FWCI
28.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Bourbeau, J. (2003). Reduction of Hospital Utilization in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease<subtitle>A Disease-Specific Self-management Intervention</subtitle>. Archives of Internal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.163.5.585

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