An international randomized study of a home-based self-management program for severe COPD: the COMET.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Most hospitalizations and costs related to COPD are due to exacerbations and insufficient disease management. The COPD patient Management European Trial (COMET) is investigating a home-based multicomponent COPD self-management program designed to reduce exacerbations and hospital admissions.

Design

Multicenter parallel randomized controlled, open-label superiority trial.

Setting

Thirty-three hospitals in four European countries.

Participants

A total of 345 patients with Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease III/IV COPD.

Intervention

The program includes extensive patient coaching by health care professionals to improve self-management (eg, develop skills to better manage their disease), an e-health platform for reporting fre

SUBMITTER: Bourbeau J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4934557 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature