How is the education component of pulmonary rehabilitation delivered in practice––Is it patient‐centred?

Roberts, Nicola J.; Kidd, Lisa; Kirkwood, Kim; Cross, Jane; Partridge, Martyn R.

doi:10.1111/crj.13371

Authors

Dr Nicola Jane Roberts N.Roberts@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Lisa Kidd

Kim Kirkwood

Jane Cross

Martyn R. Partridge

Abstract

Objectives
Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) involves a significant component of education, but little has been published on what educational content is covered or how it is delivered. This survey study set out to investigate how PR education is delivered in practice.

Methods
A survey was designed to investigate the current educational delivery and which topics respondents reported should be included in a PR programme. The survey was sent to 11 Scottish PR Action group regional leads.

Results
Nine completed the questionnaire (81.8%). Education was reported to be predominately group-based and face-to-face (n = 9, 100%) consisting of between 6 and 12 sessions. Most educational topics lasted 15 min or less, some topic areas were not consistently covered. The educational content was variable and not personalised to individual needs. Three health areas undertook informal literacy assessment at baseline assessment and when tailoring COPD plans. Often attendance at educational sessions was not needed to ‘complete’ PR.

Conclusions
Content and delivery of educational topics were varied, and no consistent outcome measure to assess the effectiveness of education was used.

Practice implications
Education needs to be delivered in a patient-centred way tailoring for literacy skills using a range of different teaching approaches and aids.

Citation

Roberts, N. J., Kidd, L., Kirkwood, K., Cross, J., & Partridge, M. R. (2021). How is the education component of pulmonary rehabilitation delivered in practice––Is it patient‐centred?. Clinical Respiratory Journal, 15(7), 835-842. https://doi.org/10.1111/crj.13371

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 1, 2021
Online Publication Date	May 5, 2021
Publication Date	2021-07
Deposit Date	Aug 30, 2022
Journal	The Clinical Respiratory Journal
Print ISSN	1752-6981
Electronic ISSN	1752-699X
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	15
Issue	7
Pages	835-842
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/crj.13371
Keywords	COPD, delivery, education, PR
Public URL	http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2899180