Digital Delivery of Living Well With COPD for Patient Education and Self-management - a Mixed-method Study

LWWCOPD (Living well with COPD) contains six modules conventionally delivered by trained LWWCOPD Coaches. For the digital delivery the six modules are as closely adapted to the conventional LWWCOPD program as possible to make the two approaches comparable. Participants can access the digital LWWCOPD application by a weblink using a smartphone, tablet or desktop computer. Since the program duration of the conventional LWWCOPD is 6 weeks (one module per week), patients will be instructed to complete the digital LWWCOPD also within 6 weeks at their own pace, although completion within 12 weeks (3 months) is still possible. Modules can be repeated as chosen by the user. In contrast to the conventional delivery, the online delivery of LWWCOPD does not preview face-to-face contact between participants and healthcare providers, however if needed additional phone calls or meetings are still possible.