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SUBMITTER: Jolly K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6251904 | biostudies-other | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
NPJ primary care respiratory medicine 20181123 1
COPD self-management reduces hospital admissions and improves health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, whilst most patients are managed in primary care, the majority of self-management trials have recruited participants with more severe disease from secondary care. We report the findings of a systematic review of the effectiveness of community-based self-management interventions in primary care patients with COPD. We systematically searched eleven electronic databases and identified 12 e ...[more]