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Does home telemonitoring after pulmonary rehabilitation reduce healthcare use in optimized COPD? A pilot randomized trial

Author: Lewis, K. E. Country/countries: United Kingdom Number of patients participating in the study: 40 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: Community-based care, Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physiotherapists Targeted self-management behaviours: Communication with healthcare and/or social care providers, Condition-specific behaviours, Self-monitoring
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques delivered remotely Intervention components: E+MT+R
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Virtual location Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physiotherapists Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Communication with healthcare and/or social care providers, Condition-specific behaviours, Device management, Early recognition of symptoms, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Effekt Messgröße Tool
Number of emergency room visits and admissions COPD-related hospital admissions N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions Emergency room/department visits N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions Hospital days (Lenght of stay) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 68.5 years (+/- a standard deviation of 9.5) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 39.0 (+/- a standard deviation of 15.5) Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • 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
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - COPD-related hospital admissions
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - Emergency room/department visits
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - Hospital days (Lenght of stay)

Other publications associated with this study

Home telemonitoring and quality of life in stable, optimised chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Link: 10.1258/jtt.2009.090907