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A multicentre, randomized controlled trial of telehealth for the management of COPD

Author: Soriano, J. B. Country/countries: Spain Number of patients participating in the study: 229 This study was focused on patients living with COPD
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Plus Intervention components: UCP
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques Intervention components: E+MT
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Communication with healthcare and/or social care providers, Condition-specific behaviours, Device management, Early recognition of symptoms, Medication use and adherence, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Effekt Messgröße Tool
Activities of daily living Activities of daily living (generic instrument) IRRS (questionnaire on Illness intrusiveness)
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety Anxiety Goldberg anxiety subscale (GADS)
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety Depression N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions Hospital days (Lenght of stay) N/A
Qualiy of life Quality of life (specific-disease instruments) N/A
Qualiy of life Quality of life (generic instruments) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 71.4 years (+/- a standard deviation of 8.4) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 33.2 (+/- a standard deviation of 8.9) Multi-morbidity: Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)
  • 2.4 (+/- a standard deviation of 1.5)

  • Number of co-morbidities: N/A

Level of health literacy: N/A
  • Tool: N/A

Socio-economic characteristics: N/A

Risk of Bias of this study

Effekt Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
Activities of daily living - Activities of daily living (generic instrument)
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety - Anxiety
Coping with the disease, including depression and anxiety - Depression
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - Hospital days (Lenght of stay)
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (generic instruments)
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (specific-disease instruments)