Effect of a Hospital-Initiated Program Combining Transitional Care and Long-term Self-management Support on Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial -

Effect of a Hospital-Initiated Program Combining Transitional Care and Long-term Self-management Support on Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Information type: Randomised controlled trials
Source: Journal of the American Medical Association
Specialities: Respiratory disorders
Summary
RCT (n=240) found that a 3-month program that combined transition and long-term self-management support resulted in significantly greater COPD-related hospitalizations and emergency department visits, without improvement in quality of life.
UKMi comment
A related editorial highlights that this study offers a cautionary tale of the challenges in designing interventions to reduce COPD acute care events. Intensive interventions beyond these basic measures warrant additional research and must consider potential harms.
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