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A feasibility study to investigate the acceptability and potential effectiveness of a telecare service for older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Author: Chau, J. P. Country/countries: HK Number of patients participating in the study: 53 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 Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques Intervention components: E+MT
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Virtual location Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Condition-specific behaviours, Device management, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Desenlace Medida Tool
COPD symptoms (short term) Dyspnea or breathlessness Chronic respiratory disease questionnaire (CRQ) - Dyspnea
Lung Function FEV1 (% pred) - forced expiratory volume N/A
Lung Function FEV1/FVC ratio - forced expiratory volume in the first one second to the forced vital capacity of the lungs 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 readmissions N/A
Number of emergency room visits and admissions Hospital days (Lenght of stay) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 72.9 years (+/- a standard deviation of 6.1) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 37.9 (+/- a standard deviation of 14.7) 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

Desenlace Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
COPD symptoms (short term) - Dyspnea or breathlessness
Lung Function - FEV1 (% pred) - forced expiratory volume
Lung Function - FEV1/FVC ratio - forced expiratory volume in the first one second to the forced vital capacity of the lungs
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - All-cause hospital readmissions
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - Emergency room/department visits
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - Hospital days (Lenght of stay)