Identifier: TFG:1379
Authors: Rodriguez Morales, Rut
Abstract:
Introduction: Actually, the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is one of the main pathologies of the respiratory system in adulthood and one of the main causes of comorbidity in the population. The main risk factor is tobacco. Health education is very important, since it a disease that can be prevented. Nursing professionals are in charge of carrying out health education in primary care centers. Objectives: The main objective is the development of a health education program on COPD in the population of Montsià in order to provide information on the illness and its complications, explain the importance of smoking cessation, self-care tools for improving the complications of the disease and informing about the available health resources in the territorial area. Methodology: This project presents the design of a health education program on COPD aimed at the population of Montsià region, which would be carried out by primary health nursing professionals. In this program, have been included patients of both sexes, > 40 and < 60 years, smokers and have COPD, with their own vehicle and their own cell phone and have been excluded patients with cognitive deterioration, difficulties of communication or language barriers, life expectancy of less than 6 months and patients who refuse to follow up. The program develops 7 activities to accomplish the objectives: initial quiz, poster placement, COPD explication, expert patient talk, the good use of inhalers, alarm signs and health resources explication, and a final quiz. Conclusions: After reviewing the bibliography, we observed that there were no health education programs on the COPD and I think that this project could improve the outcome of the patients who have the disease.
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