The Quebec Respiratory Health Education Network: Integrating a model of self-management education in COPD primary care.

The objective of this study is to evaluate whether a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) self-management education program with coaching of a case manager improves patient-related outcomes and leads to practice changes in primary care. COPD patients from six family medicine clinics (FMCs) participated in a 1-year educational program offered by trained case managers who focused on treatment adherence, inhaler techniques, smoking cessation, and the use of an action plan for exacerbations. Health-care utilization, health-related quality of life (HRQL), treatment adherence, inhaler technique, and COPD knowledge were assessed at each visit with validated questionnaires.

Benefits of an asthma education program provided at primary care sites on asthma outcomes.

Background: Although it is a key-recommendation of all recent asthma guidelines, self-management education is still insufficiently offered in primary care settings.

Aims Of The Study: To demonstrate the benefits of an educational program offered at the site of primary care (Family Medicine Clinics- FMC) by trained asthma educators on patient outcomes and healthcare use.

Methods: This was a one-year pre-post intervention study.