An Educational Intervention to Improve Disease Management Knowledge of Hospitalized Patients With COPD

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The objective of this study is to determine if inpatient COPD education would result in improved patient knowledge of COPD.

Detailed Description
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A prospective cohort study utilizing a pre-test/post-test design will be used to test a COPD education intervention on a convenience sample of 30 patients with a diagnosis of COPD. Study participants will complete the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease questionnaire (COPD-Q) to assess their COPD knowledge. Next, a respiratory therapist will provide the first scripted COPD education session. The patient will complete the COPD-Q 24 hours and 30 days post-discharge. Demographic data, smoking status, pack-years, COPD spirometry grade, COPD symptom and exacerbation grade, previous hospital admissions, support system for managing COPD, attendance at previous formal education for COPD, current and home medications, pulmonary function test (PFT) results, vaccinations, and level of education data will be collected. Data related to patient recruitment will also be collected. Means and standard deviation will be reported for interval data. Total frequency and percentages will be reported for nominal data, and median and 25th and 75th percentile will be reported for COPD severity. Repeated measures ANOVA (p< 0.05) will be used to evaluate if an inpatient COPD self-management intervention can increase the patient's knowledge of COPD after 24 hours and again at 30 days after the initial education session. This study is expected to show that an inpatient education of COPD can increase the patient's COPD knowledge prior to discharge and that it will be retained for at least one month post-discharge.

Official Title
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An Educational Intervention to Improve Disease Management Knowledge of Hospitalized Patients With COPD

Conditions
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Patient Education, Inpatients

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Inpatient COPD education


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: History of COPD Spirometry confirmation of COPD either from chart or bedside spirometry i. FEV1(forced expiatory volume in 1 second)/FVC (forced vital capacity) <70% ii. FEV1 < 80% predicted Willingness to participate English-speaking Working phone Exclusion Criteria: Cognitively impaired (including sedation) Intubated Non-English-speaking Receiving palliative or hospice service Enrolled in any other educational research s

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Inpatient COPD patient<br>All COPD patients meeting the inclusion criteria of this study will be exposed to inpatient COPD education and tested at a later date to determine if knowledge on COPD was gained. | Behavioral: Inpatient COPD education<br> <br> |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gained knowledge | Change from baseline on the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Questionnaire (COPD-Q). | 1 year | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pulmonary rehab enrollment | Number of subjects that have enrolled in pulmonary rehab. | 1 year |