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Can understanding health info help COPD patients live better?

NCT ID NCT06497816

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Hacettepe University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looks at how well people with COPD understand health information and how that relates to their physical abilities, thinking skills, daily activities, and quality of life. Researchers will compare 144 adults with COPD to healthy volunteers using tests of walking, thinking, and health behaviors. The goal is to find links that could lead to better support for managing COPD.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

What this could lead to
If successful, this study could reveal how health literacy affects COPD management, pointing toward better education and support strategies.
What could go wrong
This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It will not directly improve health, and results may not apply to all COPD patients.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

About 144 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jun 2024

Expected to finish

Jun 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

Individuals with COPD and Healthy Controls

Ages

40 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion criteria for the COPD group: * Being over 40 years old, * Diagnosed with COPD and being clinically stable, * Being able to cooperate with the tests to be performed, * Not having any cardiovascular disease, orthopedic or neurological problems that may affect the tests, * Being willing to participate in the study. Exclusion criteria for the COPD group: * Being in an acute exacerbation period, * Having any cardiovascular disease, orthopedic or neurological problems that may affect the tests, * Not being willing to participate in the study. Inclusion criteria for the control group: * Being willing to participate in the study and being over 40 years old * Not having any known disease Exclusion criteria for the control group: * Not being able to cooperate with the tests to be performed * Not being willing to participate in the study

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD, severe early onset Health Behavior

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

COPD Health literacy Health-related behavior

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

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  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Hacettepe University Faculty of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

    RECRUITING

    Ankara, Ankara, 06100, Turkey (Türkiye)

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