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A Smartphone App Self-Management Program for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Randomized Controlled Trial of Clinical Outcomes

Lisa H. Glynn; E Moloney; Stephen Lane; E McNally; Carol Anne Buckley; Margaret McCann; Catherine McCabe · 2025 · JMIR mhealth and uhealth

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) negatively impacts clinical health outcomes, resulting in frequent exacerbations, increased hospitalizations, reduced physical activity, deteriorated quality of life, and diminished self-efficacy. Previous studies demonstrated that a self-management program tailored for adults with COPD improves self-management decisions, resulting in a positive effect on clinical health outcomes. Limitations of these studies include issues regarding heterogeneity among interventions used, patient population characteristics, outcome measures, and longitu

Abstract by Lisa H. Glynn; E Moloney; Stephen Lane; E McNally; Carol Anne Buckley; Margaret McCann; Catherine McCabe, JMIR mhealth and uhealth (2025) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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