15 research outputs found
Evaluation of a combined strategy directed towards health-care professionals and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): Information and health education feedback for improving clinical monitoring and quality-of-life
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a health problem that is becoming increasingly attended-to in Primary Care (PC). However, there is a scarcity of health-care programs and studies exploring the implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG). The principal objective of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a combined strategy directed towards health-care professionals and patients to improve the grade of clinical control and the quality-of-life (QoL) of the patients via a feedback on their state-of-health. A training plan for the health-care professionals is based on CPG and health education.</p> <p>Method/Design</p> <p>Multi-centred, before-after, quasi experimental, prospective study involving an intervention group and a control group of individuals followed-up for 12 months. The patients receive attention from urban and semi-urban Primary Care Centres (PCC) within the administrative area of the Costa de Ponent (near Barcelona). All the pacients corresponding to the PCC of one sub-area were assigned to the intervention group and patients from the rest of sub-areas to the group control. The intervention includes providing data to the health-care professionals (clinician/nurse) derived from a clinical history and an interview. A course of training focused on aspects of CPG, motivational interview and health education (tobacco, inhalers, diet, physical exercise, physiotherapy). The sample random includes a total of 801 patients (≥ 40 years of age), recorded as having COPD, receiving attention in the PCC or at home, who have had at least one clinical visit, and who provided written informed consent to participation in the study. Data collected include socio-demographic characteristics, drug treatment, exacerbations and hospital admissions, evaluation of inhaler use, tobacco consumption and life-style and health-care resources consumed. The main endpoints are dyspnoea, according to the modified scale of the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the QoL, evaluated with the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ). The variables are obtained at the start and the end of the intervention. Information from follow-up visits focuses on the changes in life-style activities of the patient.</p> <p>Discussion</p> <p>This study is conducted with the objective of generating evidence that shows that implementation of awareness programs directed towards health-care professionals as well as patients in the context of PC can produce an increase in the QoL and a decrease in the disease exacerbation, compared to standard clinical practice.</p> <p>Trial Registration</p> <p>Clinical Trials.gov Identifier: NCT00922545;</p
Diálogos y desafíos euro-latinoamericanos : ensayos sobre cooperación, derecho, educación y comunicación
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El papel de la educación en el desarrollo nacional y nuestra situación económico-social
El papel de la educación en el desarrollo nacional y nuestra situación económico-socia
Los estudios de Derecho a la luz a la historia de las ideas
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Educados para transformar y otras disertaciones
En este volumen de la Colección Roble Amarillo se recogen algunas de las intervenciones públicas del rector sobre educación, excelencia, liderazgo, ética y sociedad, realizadas durante la vigencia de ese Plan
Los estudios de Derecho a la luz a la historia de las ideas
Los estudios de Derecho a la luz a la historia de las idea