Self-management Programme of Activity Coping and Education (SPACE)

The SPACE for COPD manual is a standardised self management manual for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 

It was developed by healthcare professionals and individuals with COPD and it has been approved by the Plain English Campaign.

The manual is interactive, and is administered by an individual with an in depth knowledge of COPD, exercise and motivational interviewing. We have developed a course to allow other healthcare professionals to deliver the manual (Regional Innovation Fund Award).

The manual is divided into four sections and covers topics such as:

• improving your physical activity,

• managing breathlessness,

• anxiety management,

• managing your medication.

For those patients that are computer literate, there is an online programme for people with a long-term cardiac, respiratory or Covid condition called i-IMPACT (Individualised self-Management Programme for long-term CondiTions). This programme incorporates previous websites Your Covid Recovery and SPACE for COPD. As the healthcare professional you would register your patients to give them access and they would then be guided through sections to get started and then do a weekly programme that includes exercise, goal setting and education topics. You would monitor them and their progress 'remotely' via the admin part of the site. Patients can only access this programme if their local Pulmonary Rehabilitation team are using the website as part of their clinical service.

If you are interested in finding out more about the SPACE for COPD manual or website, please email us or click on the links below to download a pdf.

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