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Expert Patient Self-management Programme Versus Usual Care in Bronchiectasis

NCT01117493 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2010-05-05

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Summary

The aim of this exploratory randomized controlled trial was to investigate the efficacy of a disease specific Expert Patient Programme compared to usual care in patients with bronchiectasis. Hypothesis: Disease specific EPP will increase self efficacy compared to usual care.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Expert Patient Programme

Intervention was a disease specific Expert Patient Programme in addition to usual care. The disease specific Expert Patient Programme was delivered one session per week (lasting 2½ hours) for eight weeks and included 2 weeks disease specific education followed by 6 weeks standardised Expert Patient Programme.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual care

Usual care included reviews at a specialist respiratory clinic on a three monthly basis to monitor spirometry, inflammatory blood markers and sputum microbiology. The patients were prescribed inhaled therapy and antibiotics if required, and treatment adjusted to the needs of the patient as necessary, including hospital admission.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Ulster

    collaborator OTHER

  • Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Judy M Bradley, PhD · Belfast Health and Social Care Trust & University of Ulster

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-09-30
Primary Completion
2007-10-31
Completion
2007-10-31

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