Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. Self-care support for people with COPD. University of York. Evidence briefings. 2014 Authors' conclusions As the prevalence of long-term conditions increases there is a greater focus on encouraging people to manage their condition(s).
Self-care has been identified as integral to maintaining the health and wellbeing of people with COPD.
There is consistent evidence that multicomponent interventions reduce respiratory-related hospital admissions
and improve quality of life for people with COPD.
Multicomponent interventions that include action plans, exercise, education and smoking cessation are likely to be beneficial.
Smoking cessation programmes are more successful when people are informed about the link between smoking and COPD, have an action plan, and make use of social support.
Hospital- and community-based pulmonary rehabilitation has some short-term impact on health-related quality of life and hospital admissions, but the effects of home-based rehabilitation are unclear. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructives; Self Care Language Published English Country of organisation England English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdon. Tel: +44 1094 321040 Email: crd@york.ac.uk AccessionNumber 32014001374 Date abstract record published 17/11/2014 |