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What do systematic reviews say?

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Action plan vs usual care

Mortality (all‐cause) · acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Action plan showed no clear difference in mortality (all‐cause) compared with usual care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Action plans with brief patient education for exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Odds ratio 0.88 [0.59, 1.31]
4 studies · 1134 participants
Moderate

Self‐management interventions vs usual care

All‐cause mortality · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Self‐management interventions including action plans for exacerbations showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality compared with usual care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review · compare the 2 reviews

Self‐management interventions including action plans for exacerbations versus usual care in patients with chronic… 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 1.06 [0.71, 1.59]
16 studies · 3296 participants
Moderate