Self-management interventions for patients with COPD

Self-management interventions including action plans for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) – Cochrane Library (free)

Full review: Self-management interventions including action plans for exacerbations versus usual care in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (link to summary – $ for full-text)

Related: Asthma self-management programmes can reduce unscheduled care – NIHR Signal (free)

Self-management interventions that include a COPD exacerbation action plan are associated with improvements in health-related quality of life and lower probability of respiratory-related hospital admissions.