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Efficacy of a cell phone-based exercise programme for COPD

Author: Liu, W. T. Country/countries: Taiwan Number of patients participating in the study: 60 This study was focused on patients living with COPD
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+MT+AB
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Service Targeted self-management behaviours: Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+MT+AB
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: Physical activity /exercise

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Adherence to treatment and recommended visits Adherence to medication N/A
COPD symptoms (short term) Dyspnea or breathlessness Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale (Borg RPE or BORG CR10)
Exacerbation Exacerbations N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality 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
Qualiy of life Quality of life (generic instruments) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 72.1 years (+/- a standard deviation of 1.51) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of COPD: N/A Severity of the disease: 45.6 (+/- a standard deviation of 3.0) 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
Adherence to treatment and recommended visits - Adherence to medication
COPD symptoms (short term) - Dyspnea or breathlessness
Exacerbation - Exacerbations
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - All-cause hospital admissions
Number of emergency room visits and admissions - Hospital days (Lenght of stay)
Qualiy of life - Quality of life (generic instruments)