Trial reportBMC medical informatics and decision making2015
Early telemedicine training and counselling after hospitalization in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a feasibility study.
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Early Telemedicine Training and Counselling After Hospitalization in Patients With Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Feasibility Study
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- Videoconferencing interventions and COPD patient outcomes: A systematic review.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2024Pooled it
- Exercise-based interventions targeting balance and falls in people with COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024Pooled it
- Telerehabilitation for chronic respiratory disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of counselling during pulmonary rehabilitation on self-determined motivation to be physically active for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pragmatic RCT.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2021Trial
- COPD online-rehabilitation versus conventional COPD rehabilitation - rationale and design for a multicenter randomized controlled trial study protocol (CORe trial).BMC pulmonary medicine · 2017Trial
- Identifying Patient, Care Partner, and Clinician Needs for Functional Recovery Following Hospitalization When Dementia is Present.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2025Article
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- Adverse events associated with the delivery of telerehabilitation across rehabilitation populations: A scoping review.PloS one · 2024Article
- Preferences for an eHealth tool to support physical activity and exercise training in COPD: a qualitative study from the viewpoint of prospective users.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2023Article
- The telehealth program of occupational therapy among older people: an up-to-date scoping review.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Article
- Telehealth and telemedicine in the management of adult patients after hospitalization for COPD exacerbation: a scoping review.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2023Article
- Energy conservation, minimum steps, and adaptations when needed: A scoping review.Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy : HKJOT · 2022Article
- The Role of Health Kiosks: Scoping Review.JMIR medical informatics · 2022Article
- Embedding Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Home and Community Setting: A Rapid Review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Review
- The Effectiveness of Exercise Interventions Supported by Telerehabilitation For Recently Hospitalized Adult Medical Patients: A Systematic Review.International journal of telerehabilitation · 2021Review
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- Promoting exercise training and physical activity in daily life: a feasibility study of a virtual group intervention for behaviour change in COPD.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2018Article
- A qualitative exploration of early assessment of innovative medical technologies.BMC health services research · 2018Article
- Tele-medicine in respiratory diseases.Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine · 2017Review
- Telemedicine in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2016Article
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundAn essential element in the treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is rehabilitation, of which supervised training is an important part. However, not all individuals with severe COPD can participate in the rehabilitation provided by hospitals and municipal training centres due to distance to the training venues and transportation difficulties. The aim of the study was to assess the feasibility of an individualized home-based training and counselling programme via video conference to patients with severe COPD after hospitalization including assessment of safety, clinical outcomes, patients' perceptions, organisational aspects and economic aspects.
methodsThe design was a pre- and post-test intervention study. Fifty patients with severe COPD were included. The telemedicine training and counselling included three weekly supervised exercise sessions by a physiotherapist and up to two supervised counselling and training sessions in energy conservation techniques by an occupational therapist. The telemedicine videoconferencing equipment was a computer containing a screen, a microphone, an on/off switch and a volume control.
resultsThirty seven (74%) participants completed the programme, with improvements in health status assessed by the Clinical COPD Questionnaire and physical performance assessed by a sit-to-stand test and a timed-up-and-go test. There were no cases of patient fall or emergency contact with a general practitioner during the telemedicine training sessions. The study participants believed the telemedicine training and counselling was essential for getting started with being physically active in a secure manner. The business case showed that under the current financing system, the reimbursement to the hospital was slightly higher than the hospital expenditures. Thus, the business case for the hospital was positive. The organizational analysis indicated that the perceptions of the staff were that the telemedicine service had improved the continuity of the rehabilitation programme for the patients and enabled the patients' everyday lives to be included in the treatment.
conclusionsThis study showed that home-based supervised training and counselling via video conference is safe and feasible and that telemedicine can help to ensure more equitable access to supervised training in patients with severe COPD.
trial registrationClinical Trials NCT02085187 (Date of registration 10.03.2014).
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