1. Introduction
Self-management refers to strategies by which patients can
make therapeutic, behavioural and environmental adjustments built on health-related knowledge and skills from healthcare providers to improve their ability to care for themselves . When living with chronic diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), patients should have the ability to care for themselves and live as healthy of a life as possible. Current treatments for COPD delay progress; patients live for years with the illness having an effect on mental, physical and social aspects of their lives. Health care providers advocate to strengthen the education and management of patients, hoping to improve adherence and ultimately change health outcomes. A number of studies in several countries have evaluated the effect of self-management education on patients with COPD. We have performed a nurse-led, controlled clinical trial to assess the effects of self-management education on the quality of life of patients with COPD.
1. IntroductionSelf-management refers to strategies by which patients canmake therapeutic, behavioural and environmental adjustments built on health-related knowledge and skills from healthcare providers to improve their ability to care for themselves . When living with chronic diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), patients should have the ability to care for themselves and live as healthy of a life as possible. Current treatments for COPD delay progress; patients live for years with the illness having an effect on mental, physical and social aspects of their lives. Health care providers advocate to strengthen the education and management of patients, hoping to improve adherence and ultimately change health outcomes. A number of studies in several countries have evaluated the effect of self-management education on patients with COPD. We have performed a nurse-led, controlled clinical trial to assess the effects of self-management education on the quality of life of patients with COPD.
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