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ArticleInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease2017

Effect of a rehabilitation-based chronic disease management program targeting severe COPD exacerbations on readmission patterns.

C Lalmolda, R Coll-Fernández, N Martínez, M Baré, M Teixidó Colet, F Epelde, E Monsó

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Article in International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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

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  4. Content, uptake and adherence of exercise interventions after an acute exacerbation of COPD: a scoping review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

C LalmoldaRespiratory Diseases Department, Hospital Universitari Parc Tauli.
R Coll-FernándezRehabilitation Department, Hospital Universitari Parc Tauli.
N MartínezRespiratory Diseases Department, Hospital Universitari Parc Tauli.
M BaréPrimary Care Unit Vallés Occidental, Institut Català de la Salut.
M Teixidó ColetPrimary Care Unit Vallés Occidental, Institut Català de la Salut.
F EpeldeShort Stay Unit, Emergency Service, Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí, Barcelona, Spain.
E MonsóRespiratory Diseases Department, Hospital Universitari Parc Tauli.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is recommended after a severe COPD exacerbation, but its short- and long-term effects on health care utilization have not been fully established.

aimsThe aims of this study were to evaluate patient compliance with a chronic disease management (CDM) program incorporating home-based exercise training as the main component after a severe COPD exacerbation and to determine its effects on health care utilization in the following year. MATERIALS AND

methodsCOPD patients with a severe exacerbation were included in a case-cohort study at admission. An intervention group participated in a nurse-supervised CDM program during the 2 months after discharge, comprising of home-based PR with exercise components directly supervised by a physiotherapist, while the remaining patients followed usual care.

resultsNineteen of the twenty-one participants (90.5%) were compliant with the CDM program and were compared with 29 usual-care patients. Compliance with the program was associated with statistically significant reductions in admissions due to respiratory disease in the following year (median [interquartile range]: 0 [0-1] vs 1 [0-2.5];

conclusionA CDM program incorporating exercise training for COPD patients without limiting comorbidities after a severe exacerbation achieves high compliance and reduces admissions in the year following after the intervention.

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Disease ManagementExercise TherapyHome Care ServicesAgedAged, 80 and overCase-Control StudiesDisease ProgressionFemaleHealth ResourcesHumansLinear ModelsMaleMultivariate AnalysisPatient CompliancePatient ReadmissionProgram EvaluationadmissionCDMchronic disease managementCOPDexacerbationrehabilitation

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PMID28883720
PMCPMC5574698

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