Impact of a Peer Support Program Amongst COPD Patients and Their Caregivers

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Conditions studied: COPD

In brief

The study is to compare the effectiveness of two health communication and dissemination strategies that are designed to engage patients and family caregivers in successfully managing COPD in 'real-world' settings. Both strategies aim to advance patient understanding of COPD, its treatment options, and self-care tasks; support them in coping with the disease; and enable them to adopt a variety of positive behaviors, including adherence to treatment plans, smoking cessation, joining pulmonary rehabilitation programs, and assuming an active, healthy lifestyle. One strategy relies on the healthcare professional (HCP) as the primary communicator about COPD self-management (HCP arm), whereas the other uses a dual approach that involves both healthcare professionals and peer mentors delivering such communication (HCP plus Peer arm). Peer mentors are COPD patients and caregivers who have successfully managed COPD and have received foundational training on peer mentoring. Specifically, the study aims are to : 1) Conduct a randomized controlled trial in which the 'HCP' and 'HCP plus Peer' strategies are tested in 'real-world' healthcare settings; 2) compare the impact of these strategies on patient satisfaction, experience, activation, self- efficacy, self-care behavior, health status, quality of life, use of Emergency Department (ED) and hospital services, and survival; and, 3) compare the impact of these strategies on caregiver satisfaction, experience, self-efficacy, stress, and coping skills.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02891200

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

292

Starts

2017-04-17

Expected to finish

2019-11-04

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-27

Who can join

Age: 40 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 40 years or older
• Has a physician diagnosis of COPD AND is on treatment for it ( defined as receiving treatment at hospital or clinic for COPD)

You may not qualify if…

• Cognitive dysfunction impairing ability to provide informed consent and follow instructions
• Active substance abuse or unstable psychiatric condition
• Terminal illness (i.e. less than 6 months life expectancy) that is non-COPD related
• Planning to move from area
• Living at a facility, such as Hospice or nursing home
• Unable to provide contact information
• Does not understand English

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Howard County General Hospital — Columbia, Maryland, United States

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