The patients in the health coaching group will first be given data collection tools, and then the COPD patient information training created by the researcher will be given.

For the first eight weeks after the training, face-to-face meetings will be held with patients once a week.

Data collection tools will be applied to the patients again in the fourth week and 12 weeks after the interviews are over.

Data collection tools will be applied to the patients in the control group first, and then the COPD patient information training created by the researcher will be given.

After the training, there will be no interviews with the patients, and data collection tools will be applied again in the 12th and 20th weeks.

Coaching interview will be held with patients at regular intervals.

The social support levels perceived by the patients will be measured.The scale developed by Zimmet, Dahlem, Zimet, and Farley (1988) was adapted to Turkish by Eker et al. (2001) via its application to 50 psychiatry patients, 50 surgery patients and 50 normal individuals. The average participant age was 36. Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) is a 12-item scale with three sub-factors such as family, friends and significant other. Each sub-factor consists of four items. The scale is a 7-point Likert type including choices ranging from very strongly disagree (1) to very strongly agree (7). Higher scores obtained from the scale point to high levels of perceived social support.

Symptoms of Patients with COPD will be measured. The CAT was used to assess symptom burden in this study. The CAT, a patient-reported scale, evaluates the effect of COPD symptoms on an individual's health. The scale consists of eight items including cough, phlegm, chest tightness, breathlessness, activities, confidence, sleep and energy. Each item is rated on a six-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (no symptom) to 5 (very serious). The total score ranges from 0 to 40 points, with lower scores indicating better health status.