Development And Evaluation of An Adaptive Web-Based Intervention for COPD

This study will advance health access equity for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) by providing an asynchronous, patient-led, web-based, adaptive, flexible, and tiered intervention that easily integrates into the daily lives of both providers and patients living with COPD. This intervention includes health navigation education, health and behavior coaching, and narrative, strengths-based mental and behavioral health support. COPD is a complex chronic illness with multiple domains to study whole person support. Not only because of the significant impact of a lack of whole person support for people living with COPD but also because COPD shares many of the same symptomology and impact on daily living as other significant chronic illnesses such as heart failure, some neurological disorders, and some types of cancer (5-7). The lessons learned from studying COPD whole person support can be applied to other similar symptomatic burdensome chronic illnesses that also suffer from fragmented care.

Inclusion criteria

• Has access to the internet once per week
• Has been diagnosed with COPD and is being seen at the ECHCS VA Medical Center or the University of Colorado Pulmonology clinics

Exclusion criteria

• Not in a conflicting research study