Patient-experienced effect of an active implementation of a disease management programme for COPD - a randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People living with chronic disease currently account for the majority of the total healthcare costs. The Central Denmark Region implemented a disease management programme (DMP) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in 2008. This presented an opportunity to examine the effect of an evidence-based, planned and proactive implementation of a DMP compared to the usual implementation strategy.

Methods

We performed a block- and cluster-randomised controlled trial with two groups and an extra external control group. The primary outcome was patients' assessment of their care after using an active implementation model for a DMP for COPD measured with the Patient-Assessment-of-Chronic-Illness-Care (PACIC) instrument. At baseline, questionnaires were sent to 2,895

SUBMITTER: Smidth M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3850694 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature