Trial reportInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease2016
Telemonitoring of home exercise cycle training in patients with COPD.
Trial report in International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation: systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2022Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Sedentary Time in Different Target Groups and Settings in Germany: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis and Recommendations on Interventions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of remote home monitoring for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): systematic review.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- Smartphone application-based pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: a multicentre randomised controlled trial.Thorax · 2025Trial
- Physical activity in COPD: a scoping review of methods and behaviour change techniques.ERJ open research · 2026Review
- Staying engaged: a scoping review of psychological and motivational drivers of adherence to technology-supported physical activity in older adults.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2025Review
- Creating home-based pulmonary rehabilitation programs for patients with asthma: insights from practice.Journal of Yeungnam medical science · 2025Article
- Increasing exercise capacity and physical activity in the COPD patient.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2024Review
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- Content, Mechanism, and Outcome of Effective Telehealth Solutions for Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Telerehabilitation as a Form of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Chronic Lung Disease: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Embedding Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Home and Community Setting: A Rapid Review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Review
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- Effects of endobronchial coils for endoscopic lung volume reduction on sleep in COPD patients with advanced pulmonary emphysema.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2021Article
- Comparison of Compliance Rates and Treatment Efficiency in Home-Based with Hospital-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD.Turkish thoracic journal · 2019Article
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- Analysis of the effectiveness of remote intervention of patients affected by chronic diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The journal of medicine accessReview
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundRegular physical activity is associated with reduced mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Interventions to reduce time spent in sedentary behavior could improve outcomes. The primary purpose was to investigate the impact of telemonitoring with supportive phone calls on daily exercise times with newly established home exercise bicycle training. The secondary aim was to examine the potential improvement in health-related quality of life and physical activity compared to baseline.
methodsThis prospective crossover-randomized study was performed over 6 months in stable COPD patients. The intervention phase (domiciliary training with supporting telephone calls) and the control phase (training without phone calls) were randomly assigned to the first or the last 3 months. In the intervention phase, patients were called once a week if they did not achieve a real-time monitored daily cycle time of 20 minutes. Secondary aims were evaluated at baseline and after 3 and 6 months. Health-related quality of life was measured by the COPD Assessment Test (CAT), physical activity by the Godin Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire (GLTEQ).
resultsOf the 53 included patients, 44 patients completed the study (forced expiratory volume in 1 second 47.5%±15.8% predicted). In the intervention phase, daily exercise time was significantly higher compared to the control phase (24.2±9.4 versus 19.6±10.3 minutes). Compared to baseline (17.6±6.1), the CAT-score improved in the intervention phase to 15.3±7.6 and in the control phase to 15.7±7.3 units. The GLTEQ-score increased from 12.2±12.1 points to 36.3±16.3 and 33.7±17.3.
conclusionTelemonitoring is a simple method to enhance home exercise training and physical activity, improving health-related quality of life.
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