Efficacy of educational programme for COPD patients among residents of Gyandji town (Azerbaidjan)

Abstract

An analysis of a quality of specialized aid for COPD patients showed a necessity of its modernization according to current tendencies and of arrangement of pulmonological schools under certain local conditions. In this case it is a question of residents of Gyandji town (Azerbaïdjan republic).
The whole educational course in a school for COPD patients consisted of 6 daily lessons lasted for 60 minutes. The individual work was conducted with 253 COPD patients; as a result, 168 ones wished studying in a pulmonological school; 85 patients did not attend the school due to various reasons but still were observed by general practitioners. Most patients were voluntarily examined with additional clinical and functional tests. Thirty nine patients gave their consent for bronchological examination.
The educational programme was of great importance in a treatment of COPD patients. The majority of them agreed to modify their bronchodilating therapy according to modern standards. The main principles of the bronchodilating therapy became the primary application of aerosol cholinolytic agents, beta-2-agonists and a systemic check of their efficacy. The COPD patients’ education was a significant part of smoking cessation programme: 20% of the patients stopped smoking on psychotherapy and 35.7% of them quitted tobacco use on the combination of psychotherapeutic intervention and nicotine replacement therapy.