Overview
To evaluate whether a digital support and communication platform for COPD patients after 6 months provides:
- Decreased breathlessness on the basis of modified medical research council dyspnea scale [mMRC]
- Improved health status and symptom relief based on COPD assessment scale [CAT]
- Improved quality of life based on EQ-5D
- Reduction in the number of incidents, hospital nights, the number of hospitalizations, outpatient contacts or the number of deaths related to COPD
- A change in the classification of COPD severity based on GOLD A-D
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
The patient is included in the study in connection with visits to COPD.
- Diagnosed COPD J44 (newly discovered or existing)
- Have completed the consent form
- Is judged to be able to handle the intervention himself or with the help of staff or relatives
Exclusion Criteria:
Patient who declines to participate in the trial.
- Impaired cognitive ability that is judged to affect the ability to conduct the study in the intended manner.
- Life expectancy <8 months
- In other ways, treating physicians are deemed to be inappropriate to participate in the study, e.g. due to participation in another study.