Acceptance of home support and integrated care among advanced COPD patients who live outside large medical centres

Poor self-management constitutes a risk factor for COPD deterioration. Patients from rural areas located at a considerable distance from large medical centres frequently need home-support in advanced stages of the disease. Integrated care has been proposed as a comprehensive model for appropriate treatment, coordination and holistic support. The aim of the study was to assess whether home visits provided by trained assistants are needed and accepted by advanced COPD patients living in rural areas a to evaluate whether an individual short educational program can actually improve such patients’ knowledge of COPD and inhaler use.

Source: Applied Nursing Research : ANR - December 21, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Iwona Damps-Konstańska, Lidia Werachowska, Piotr Krakowiak, Małgorzata Kaczmarek, Bogumiła Cynowska, Dorota Gorecka, Malgorzata Krajnik, Jerzy Kozielski, Ewa Jassem Source Type: research