You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Treatment
Review: existing evidence does not support nurse led interventions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.9.2.56

Statistics from Altmetric.com

    Request Permissions

    If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

    Taylor SJ, Candy B, Bryar RM, et al. Effectiveness of innovations in nurse led chronic disease management for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review of evidence. BMJ 2005;331:485.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

    Q In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are nurse led chronic disease management innovations more effective than usual care?

    METHODS

    Embedded ImageData sources:

    16 English language and 8 Dutch language citation databases (1980 to January 2005), conference proceedings of 7 respiratory associations, and researchers and practitioners in the field.

    Embedded ImageStudy selection and assessment:

    randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated clinical service interventions or care packages aimed at improving the management of community dwelling patients with COPD and were led, coordinated, or delivered by nurses. Trials that evaluated drugs, hospital at home or early discharge for acute exacerbations, or educational interventions for healthcare providers, or trials with a minority of patients with …

    View Full Text

    Footnotes

    • For correspondence: Dr S J Taylor, Centre for Health Sciences, Barts and the London, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK. s.j.c.taylor{at}qmul.ac.uk

    • Source of funding: NHS Research and Development Service Delivery and Organisation Programme.