Cochrane resources for World Asthma Day

Source: Cochrane Library

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Date of publication: May 2011

Publication type: Web page

In a nutshell: An updated special collection of reviews supporting the theme of World Asthma Day 2011 – You can control your asthma.  Includes two pharmacological sections and behavioural interventions: education, self-management, & environment.

Length of publication: one web page

Helping people to help themselves

Source: Health Foundation

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Date of publication: May 2011

Publication type: Report

In a nutshell: Evidence suggests that supporting self-management works. Supporting people to look after themselves can improve their motivation, the extent to which they eat well and exercise, their symptoms and clinical outcomes and can even change how they use health services.  Includes asthma and COPD as examples.

Length of publication: 52p pdf

Snapshot: Co-creating health

Source: The Health Foundation

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Date of publication: April 2011

Publication type: Report

In a nutshell: Co-Creating Health is an improvement programme that helps people with long-term conditions to take control of their health and supports them to self-manage.  This snapshot provides an overview of the programme and a list of the sites involved, as well as explaining why self-management support is so important.  One of the four areas in the project is COPD.  With link to 9p pdf.

Length of publication: 9 pages

Cost-saving effect of supervised exercise associated to COPD self-management education program

Source:  Respiratory Medicine Volume 105, Issue 3, March 2011, Pages 377-385

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Date of publication: March 2011

Publication type: Journal article

In a nutshell: This French RCT concluded that a hospital-based intervention combining supervised exercise with self-management education provided significant improvements in patient’s exercise tolerance and health-related quality of life, and significant decrease of COPD medication costs, compared to usual care.
The March 2011 issue of Respiratory Medicine focusses on COPD.

Length of publication:  8 pages

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