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SynthesisInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease2016

Involvement of informal caregivers in supporting patients with COPD: a review of intervention studies.

Jamie Bryant, Elise Mansfield, Allison W Boyes, Amy Waller, Rob Sanson-Fisher, Timothy Regan

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Synthesis in International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06046547 (Integrating Palliative Care Education in Pulmonary Rehabilitation), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT06046547 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Integrating Palliative Care Education in Pulmonary Rehabilitation

TypeinterventionalSponsorAveiro UniversityRan2023 to 2026Enrolled58ConditionsChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Interstitial Lung DiseaseArmsPulmonary rehabilitation integrating education about palliative care, Pulmonary rehabilitation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Counseling for health behavior change in people with COPD: systematic review.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2017
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  11. Informal carers in Sweden - striving for partnership.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2021
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  16. Frustrated Caring: Family Members' Experience of Motivating COPD Patients Towards Self-Management.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jamie BryantHealth Behaviour Research Group, Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour; Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Elise MansfieldHealth Behaviour Research Group, Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour; Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Allison W BoyesHealth Behaviour Research Group, Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour; Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Amy WallerHealth Behaviour Research Group, Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour; Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Rob Sanson-FisherHealth Behaviour Research Group, Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour; Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Timothy ReganHealth Behaviour Research Group, Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour; Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Caregivers of individuals with COPD have a key role in maintaining patient adherence and optimizing patient function. However, no systematic review has examined how the caregiver role has been operationalized in interventions to improve outcomes of individuals with COPD or the quality or effectiveness of these interventions. The aims of this review were to 1) determine whether caregivers have been involved as part of interventions to improve outcomes of individuals with COPD; 2) determine the risk of bias within included intervention studies; and 3) examine the effectiveness of interventions that have involved caregivers in improving outcomes of individuals with COPD. The electronic databases of Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Library were searched from January 2000 to November 2015. Experimental studies testing interventions that involved a caregiver to improve COPD patient outcomes were eligible. Nine studies involving caregivers met inclusion criteria. No studies reported any intervention components targeted solely at caregivers, with most instead including caregivers in dyadic or group education sessions about COPD delivered by health care professionals. The risk of bias identified in included studies was mixed. Seven of the nine studies were effective in improving a broad range of outcomes. These findings highlight that there is an urgent need for methodologically rigorous interventions to examine the effectiveness of strategies to assist caregivers to provide direct care, encourage adherence to health care provider recommendations, act as a health care advocate, and provide emotional and psychosocial support to individuals with COPD.

Indexed as

Research DesignSocial SupportBiomedical ResearchCaregiversCost of IllnessEvidence-Based MedicineHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansPatient AdvocacyPatient CarePatient CompliancePatient Education as TopicPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructivecarerCOPDintervention studiessupport persons

Identifiers

PMID27478372
PMCPMC4951056

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