Rationale and development of a patient-tailored complex intervention of case management for patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Rationale and development of a patient-tailored complex intervention of case management for patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2017 Oct 19;: Authors: Sørensen SS, Weinreich UM, Ehlers L Abstract This paper describes the rationale, considerations and choices made in developing a complex intervention evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community-based case management for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in a Danish setting. Inspired by existing research methods for designing complex interventions, the intervention was developed using mixed methods entailing systematic review of available literature, interviews with key stakeholders and discussions in a specialist-comprised project group. The rigorous process helped develop an intervention that properly accounted for both available evidence and context of the setting. We encourage researchers to provide a transparent reporting of the process behind intervention development. PMID: 29048248 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Home Health Care Services Quarterly - Category: Nursing Tags: Home Health Care Serv Q Source Type: research