RECRUITING

COPD Resources, Education, and Activity Designed for You Study

Description

Although COPD self-management treatment programs are effective in reducing COPD-related hospitalizations and increasing quality of life, there is a limited understanding of 'how and why' they work. The proposed research will use an engineering-inspired study design to identify effective COPD self-management treatment components and guide its 'real world' implementation. The long-term goal of this line of research is to build an optimized COPD self-management program, and scale the program up to reduce the burden of COPD at a population health level.

Conditions

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Although COPD self-management treatment programs are effective in reducing COPD-related hospitalizations and increasing quality of life, there is a limited understanding of 'how and why' they work. The proposed research will use an engineering-inspired study design to identify effective COPD self-management treatment components and guide its 'real world' implementation. The long-term goal of this line of research is to build an optimized COPD self-management program, and scale the program up to reduce the burden of COPD at a population health level.

Optimizing Effectiveness and Implementation of COPD Self-Management Treatment

COPD Resources, Education, and Activity Designed for You Study

Condition
COPD
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Chicago

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Residence in the continental United States
  • * Age 40 years or older
  • * Report a physician diagnosis of COPD
  • * Report a COPD-related hospitalization over the past 12 months
  • * Use an inhaled medication for COPD at least once per week
  • * Have access to a connected device (i.e., smartphone, tablet, and/ or computer) to complete study procedures
  • * COPD exacerbation within the past month
  • * New or worsening chest pain that happens without exertion
  • * Cognitive dysfunction impairing ability to provide informed consent and follow study procedures
  • * Terminal illness (i.e., \< 6 month life expectancy) that is non-COPD related
  • * Living at a chronic care facility (i.e., nursing home, assisted living)
  • * Inability to participate in mild physical activity such as walking, stretching, and lower limb exercises
  • * Inability to speak/ read English

Ages Eligible for Study

40 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Rush University Medical Center,

Amanda R. Mathew, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Rush University Medical Center

Study Record Dates

2029-09-01