A Bacherini, P Anselmi, S M Havercamp, G Balboni
Psychometric properties of the Beliefs About Adults with ID Scale in American physicians: Application of classical test and Rasch measurement theories
Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR
background objectives selfmanagement programs essential increasing copd patient participation autonomy making appropriate decisions chronic condition present study aimed assess impact copd selfmanagement interventions quality life functional status patient education depression anxiety primary care materials methods conducted randomized controlled trial recruiting patients copd gold b four primary care centers crete greece one intervention group n 40 receiving selfmanagement educational support one control group n 80 receiving usual care measure quality life functional status patient education depression anxiety used patientreported outcome measures proms baseline 6 months postintervention including shortform health survey sf12 clinical copd questionnaire ccq mmrc beck anxiety inventory bai beck depression inventory health education impact questionnaire heiq health literacy questionnaire hlq results end 6month intervention proms improved significantly intervention group p 005 show significant changes control group greatest improvements followup compared baseline measurements observed dyspnea mmrc386 anxiety bai35 depression bdi202 copd health status ccq341 actively managing health subscale hlq 235 conclusions results suggest selfmanagement intervention could effective strategy improving proms primary care although research needed identify longterm effects interventional programs policymakers could implement similar programs improve overall health patients