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A small-scale randomised controlled trial of home telemonitoring in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Author: Shany, T. Country/countries: Australia Number of patients participating in the study: 42 This study was focused on patients living with COPD
Intervention analysed in the study: Education based intervention Intervention components: E
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Communication with healthcare and/or social care providers
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques Intervention components: E+MT
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital), Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses 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

Outcome Measure Tool
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions Emergency room/department visits N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions All-cause hospital admissions N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions Hospital days (Lenght of stay) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 73.15 years (+/- a standard deviation of 8.28) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 35.9 (+/- a standard deviation of 14.6) 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

Outcome Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - All-cause 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)