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Action plan vs usual care

Hospitalisations for COPD/100 patient‐years (action plan + phone · acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Action plan showed no clear difference in hospitalisations for COPD/100 patient‐years (action plan + phone 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
Rate ratio 0.69 [0.47, 1.01]
1 study · 743 participants
Moderate

Action plan vs usual care

Hospitalisations and emergency visits for COPD/100 patient‐years (action plan + phone · acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Action plan leads to lower hospitalisations and emergency visits for COPD/100 patient‐years… compared with usual care (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Action plans with brief patient education for exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Rate ratio 0.59 [0.44, 0.79]
1 study · 743 participants
High

Action plan vs usual care

Hospital admissions · acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Action plan probably leads to lower at least 1 hospital admission 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 0.69 [0.49, 0.97]
2 studies · 897 participants
Moderate

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

Action plan vs usual care

Courses of oral corticosteroids · acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1 finding from 1 review

Action plans with brief patient education for exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 200 participants
Moderate

Action plan vs usual care

Number of courses of antibiotics · acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1 finding from 1 review

Action plans with brief patient education for exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 943 participants
Moderate

Action plan vs usual care

Quality of life St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) score · acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1 finding from 1 review

Action plans with brief patient education for exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 1009 participants
Moderate

Action plan vs usual care

Depression score · acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1 finding from 1 review

Action plans with brief patient education for exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 154 participants
Low