Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable, and treatable respiratory disease that was the third leading cause of death in 2019, accounting for 3.2 million people globally.
An exhaustive literature review indicates that treating COPD is a long, ongoing, multisystem process. Three central factors influencing COPD care and the resulting morbidity, including the heath care service model and access to care, professionals’ knowledge and behaviors, and each patient’s personal factors. Without proper care, shortness of breath and dyspnea progress leading to deterioration in activity tolerance and participation. The COVID-19 pandemic led to suspending or reducing outpatient and primary care services in Hong Kong and worldwide. The resulting restrictions in patient access to care lead to poor COPD management, including deterioration of quality of life, increased frequency of acute conditions, hospital readmission, and mortality.
Healthy Living With COPD is a 6-month telehealth-based self-management program for people with COPD. The theoretical basis of Health Living With COPD draws from two main models: the social cognitive theory and the electronic health-enhanced chronic care model. It is designed to empower participants in managing their health and wellness by improving their access to, knowledge in, and self-efficacy for managing their health, wellness, and quality of life. The program has four essential components to generate clinical evidence: Self-management education, supervised health qigong (baduanjin), online health coaching, and virtual community.
This doctoral project includes a plan for the target audience, dissemination activities, and budget to magnify the program's visibility and enhance the implementation scale.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/46172 |
| Date | 05 May 2023 |
| Creators | Siu, Chi Hong Damian |
| Contributors | Gafni-Lachter, Liat, Jacobs, Karen |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | Attribution 4.0 International, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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