Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention
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J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev · Mar 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialDevelopment and feasibility of a self-management intervention for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease delivered with motivational interviewing strategies.
Self-management is proposed as the standard of care in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but details of the process and training required to deliver effective self-management are not widely available. In addition, recent data suggest that patient engagement and motivation are critical ingredients for effective self-management. This article carefully describes a self-management intervention using motivational interviewing skills, aimed to increase engagement and commitment in severe COPD patients. ⋯ A self-management intervention that includes motivational interviewing as the way if guiding patients into behavior change is feasible in severe COPD and may increase patient engagement and commitment to self-management. This provides a very detailed description of the process for the specifics of training and delivering the intervention, which facilitates replicability in other settings and could be translated to cardiac rehabilitation.