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The long-term effects of using telehomecare technology on functional health literacy: results from a randomized trial

Author: Haesum, L. K. E. Country/countries: Denmark Number of patients participating in the study: 1225 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: N/A 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, Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Condition-specific behaviours, Device management, Early recognition of symptoms, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
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
Number of emergency room visits and admissions Emergency room/department visits N/A
Qualiy of life Quality of life (generic instruments) N/A
Qualiy of life Quality of life (generic instruments) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 69.97 years (+/- a standard deviation of 9.24) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 48.07 (+/- a standard deviation of 18.53) 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
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)
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (generic instruments)
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (generic instruments)

Other publications associated with this study

Interaction between functional health literacy and telehomecare: Short-term effects from a randomized trial Link: 10.1111/nhs.12272 Telehealthcare for patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: effects on health-related quality of life: results from the Danish 'TeleCare North' cluster-randomised trial Link: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014587 Subgroup analysis of telehealthcare for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: The cluster-randomized danish telecare north trial Link: 10.2147/CEOR.S1390644 Cost-effectiveness of telehealthcare to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from the Danish 'TeleCare North' cluster-randomised trial Link: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014616 Effectiveness and costeffectiveness of telehealthcare for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: study protocol for the danish “TeleCare North” pragmatic cluster-randomized trial Link: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-178.