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Trial reportBMJ open2014

Self-management support using an Internet-linked tablet computer (the EDGE platform)-based intervention in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: protocol for the EDGE-COPD randomised controlled trial.

Andrew Farmer, Christy Toms, Maxine Hardinge, Veronika Williams, Heather Rutter, Lionel Tarassenko

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMJ open, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Digital health system for personalised COPD long-term management.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2017
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  9. Mobile heath applications for self-management in chronic lung disease: a systematic review.Network modeling and analysis in health informatics and bioinformatics · 2023
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  14. Using a mobile health application to support self-management in COPD: a qualitative study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew FarmerDepartment of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Christy Toms
Maxine Hardinge
Veronika Williams
Heather Rutter
Lionel Tarassenko
University of Oxford · GBOxford Health NHS Foundation Trust · GBOxford University Hospitals NHS Trust · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 095934
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe potential for telehealth-based interventions to provide remote support, education and improve self-management for long-term conditions is increasingly recognised. This trial aims to determine whether an intervention delivered through an easy-to-use tablet computer can improve the quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by providing personalised self-management information and education. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The EDGE (sElf management anD support proGrammE) for COPD is a multicentre, randomised controlled trial designed to assess the efficacy of an Internet-linked tablet computer-based intervention (the EDGE platform) in improving quality of life in patients with moderate to very severe COPD compared with usual care. Eligible patients are randomly allocated to receive the tablet computer-based intervention or usual care in a 2:1 ratio using a web-based randomisation system. Participants are recruited from respiratory outpatient clinics and pulmonary rehabilitation courses as well as from those recently discharged from hospital with a COPD-related admission and from primary care clinics. Participants allocated to the tablet computer-based intervention complete a daily symptom diary and record clinical symptoms using a Bluetooth-linked pulse oximeter. Participants allocated to receive usual care are provided with all the information given to those allocated to the intervention but without the use of the tablet computer or the facility to monitor their symptoms or physiological variables. The primary outcome of quality of life is measured using the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire for COPD patients (SGRQ-C) baseline, 6 and 12 months. Secondary outcome measures are recorded at these intervals in addition to 3 months. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The Research Ethics Committee for Berkshire-South Central has provided ethical approval for the conduct of the study in the recruiting regions. The results of the study will be disseminated through peer review publications and conference presentations.

trial registrationCurrent controlled trials ISRCTN40367841.

Indexed as

ComputersPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveQuality of LifeSelf CareAdultAttitude to ComputersFemaleHumansInformation Seeking BehaviorLong-Term CareMaleMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient Education as TopicTelemedicinePRIMARY CARERESPIRATORY MEDICINE (see Thoracic Medicine)

Identifiers

PMID24401729
PMCPMC3902407
OpenAlexW2087190140

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