Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23901267›Full record

ReviewInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease2013

Helping COPD patients change health behavior in order to improve their quality of life.

Pere Almagro, Alejandra Castro

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02269618 (Innovative Multidisciplinary Telehealth Program in COPD and CHF Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02269618 nacompletednot on this map

Innovative Multidisciplinary Telehealth Program in COPD and CHF Patients: a Randomized Control Trial.

TypeinterventionalSponsorFondazione Salvatore MaugeriRan2013 to 2015Enrolled113ConditionsPulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Heart FailureArmsHome-based telehealth program, Home-based rehabilitation, Usual care
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Counseling for health behavior change in people with COPD: systematic review.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2017
    Pooled it
  4. Trial
  5. Trial
  6. Trial
  7. Trial
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Observational
  13. Review
  14. Observational
  15. Self-rated health aspects among persons living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2017
    Article
  16. Article
  17. Observational
  18. Article
  19. Review
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pere AlmagroAcute Geriatric Care Unit, Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain. 19908pam@comb.cat
Alejandra Castro
University Hospital Mútua de Terrassa · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most prevalent and debilitating diseases in adults worldwide and is associated with a deleterious effect on the quality of life of affected patients. Although it remains one of the leading causes of global mortality, the prognosis seems to have improved in recent years. Even so, the number of patients with COPD and multiple comorbidities has risen, hindering their management and highlighting the need for futures changes in the model of care. Together with standard medical treatment and therapy adherence--essential to optimizing disease control--several nonpharmacological therapies have proven useful in the management of these patients, improving their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) regardless of lung function parameters. Among these are improved diagnosis and treatment of comorbidities, prevention of COPD exacerbations, and greater attention to physical disability related to hospitalization. Pulmonary rehabilitation reduces symptoms, optimizes functional status, improves activity and daily function, and restores the highest level of independent physical function in these patients, thereby improving HRQoL even more than pharmacological treatment. Greater physical activity is significantly correlated with improvement of dyspnea, HRQoL, and mobility, along with a decrease in the loss of lung function. Nutritional support in malnourished COPD patients improves exercise capacity, while smoking cessation slows disease progression and increases HRQoL. Other treatments such as psychological and behavioral therapies have proven useful in the treatment of depression and anxiety, both of which are frequent in these patients. More recently, telehealthcare has been associated with improved quality of life and a reduction in exacerbations in some patients. A more multidisciplinary approach and individualization of interventions will be essential in the near future.

Indexed as

DepressionQuality of LifeActivities of Daily LivingAdultCognitive Behavioral TherapyComorbidityExercise TherapyHealth BehaviorHumansNutritional SupportPatient Care ManagementPersons with DisabilitiesPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveRecovery of FunctionTelemedicineTreatment OutcomecomorbidityCOPDdisabilityhealth related quality of lifepulmonary rehabilitationtelehealthcare

Identifiers

PMID23901267
PMCPMC3726303
OpenAlexW2093785184

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.