Table 5.
How people feel upon discharge from hospital following treatment for their COPD (% per group)
| Very
|
Fairly
|
Neither yes or no
|
Not really
|
Not at all
|
Don’t know
|
Between-group differences | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC | SM | UC | SM | UC | SM | UC | SM | UC | SM | UC | SM | ||
| Ready (well enough) to leave hospital | 39 | 43 | 39 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | P=0.976 |
| Reassured about being able to cope at home | 36 | 53 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P=0.230 |
| Informed about your COPD and reasons for admission | 29 | 47 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | P=0.086 |
| Confident about how/when to take medications | 68 | 70 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P=0.444 |
| Confident that COPD medications could help | 46 | 67 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P=0.049* |
| Reassured that good support was available at home | 46 | 67 | 18 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | P=0.022* |
| Positive about the future | 18 | 27 | 29 | 43 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P=0.156 |
Notes: Not all participants completed each question; therefore, not all scores total 100%.
*
P<0.05.
Abbreviations: UC, usual care; SM, self-management (Self management Programme of Activity, Coping and Education (SPACE)).