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Home-based telerehabilitation in older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure: a randomised controlled trial

Author: Bernocchi, P. Country/countries: Italy Number of patients participating in the study: 112 This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Intervention components: UC
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Setting of implementation: Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Physical activity /exercise
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring, action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+MT+AB+EB
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Hospital care (hospitalized) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physiotherapists Targeted self-management behaviours: Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Breathlessness (Dyspnea) Dyspnea Medical Research Council scale (MRC)
Exercise capacity (including effort test) Exercise capacity 6-min walking test (6MWT)
Hospital admissions Cardiovascular-related hospital admissions N/A
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital admissions N/A
Physical Activities Physical activities N/A
Quality of life Quality of life N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 70.5 years (+/- a standard deviation of 9.25) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: N/A Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: 1.0

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
Breathlessness (Dyspnea) - Dyspnea
Exercise capacity (including effort test) - Exercise capacity
Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital admissions
Hospital admissions - Cardiovascular-related hospital admissions
Physical Activities - Physical activities
Quality of life - Quality of life

Other publications associated with this study

A multidisciplinary telehealth program in patients with combined chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic heart failure: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial Link: 10.1186/s13063-016-1584-x