Jun Y Byun, Rachel Wells, Avery C Bechthold, Jazmine Coffee-Dunning, Margaret Armstrong, Richard Taylor, Lanier O'Hare, Mark T Dransfield, Cynthia J Brown, David E Vance, J Nicholas Odom, Marie Bakitas, Anand S Iyer
BACKGROUND: EPIC (Empowering People to Independence in COPD) is a geriatric-palliative care telephonic, nurse coach intervention informed by Baltes' Theory of Successful Aging and adapted from the ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends) intervention. EPIC, focused on improving independence, mobility, well-being, and COPD symptoms, has undergone formative and summative evaluation for adults with COPD. METHODS: The primary study aim is to assess the refined EPIC intervention's feasibility and acceptability via a pilot hybrid effectiveness-implementation randomized control trial in community-dwelling older adults with moderate to severe COPD and their family caregivers...
March 6, 2024: Contemporary Clinical Trials