The Effect of Education and Reminder Messages on the Fatigue Level of Individuals With COPD
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Education and message.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Copd, Fatigue. Basic parameters: 18 years — 85 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
The Effect of Education and Reminder Messages on the Fatigue Level of Individuals With COPD: Randomised Controlled Study
Overview
COPD is an important respiratory system disease that progresses with damage to the airways.Increased mucus secretion and thickening in the airways causes obstruction.This obstruction causes symptoms such as shortness of breath, cough, phlegm and wheezing.The most obvious problem that the emerging symptoms will cause for the patient is fatigue.Coping with fatigue is an important problem in COPD. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does the training given in COPD affect the level of fatigue? 2. Do the education given and text messages sent regarding COPD affect the level of fatigue? In this study, patients were given informative education about COPD and ways to cope with fatigue were explained. Then, in order to increase the permanence of the training, motivational messages and short briefings were continued for 8 weeks.2 messages were sent per week. Three groups were created to reveal the effectiveness of the trainings and messages. Group 1 was trained and messages were sent for 8 weeks. Group 2 was trained and no message was sent. Group 3 is the control group. No training has been provided other than routine maintenance. The initial information of all groups was taken again at the end of the 8th week. Main outcomes: * Dyspnea severity, * COPD general conditions and * Fatigue level. The results obtained will be interpreted by comparing between 3 groups.
Interventions
- Other Education and message
COPD general education content and fatigue-specific coping strategies. Messages sent to phones
Primary outcome measures
- Fatigue Level [Time frame: Applied at baseline and after 8 weeks.]
- Dyspnea Severity [Time frame: Applied at baseline and after 8 weeks.]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- COPD general condition [Time frame: Applied at baseline and after 8 weeks.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Diagnosed with COPD for the last 1 year
- Hospitalized for at least 3 days,
- Voluntary patients
Exclusion criteria
- Under 18 years old
- Over 85 years old
- Those with chronic fatigue syndrome
- Those with severe heart failure
- Those who had surgery in the last 6 months
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Yasemin CEYHAN — Kırşehir
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06286072 · YCEYHANS