Open Access<p>Information Needs in COPD After an Educational Programme: Influence in Exacerbations and Admissions</p>
Author(s) -
Carlos Antonio Amado Diago,
Cecilia Pérez-García,
Begoña Tamayo Fernández,
Juan Agüero-Calvo,
Pedro MuñozCacho,
Rafael Golpe
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s275002
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , exacerbation , multivariate analysis , univariate analysis , cohort , physical therapy
Improving patients' information needs (IN) may contribute to better control in COPD. This study analyses IN using Lung Information Needs Questionnaire (LINQ) following an educational intervention, evaluates how clinical characteristics modify IN, and studies high IN as a prognostic factor for COPD exacerbations and hospital admissions.