ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2019
CyFiT telehealth: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of an online outpatient physiotherapy service for children with cystic fibrosis.
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- Interventions for improving adherence to airway clearance treatment and exercise in people with cystic fibrosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Digital technology for early identification of exacerbations in people with cystic fibrosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Physical activity and exercise training in cystic fibrosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- The Role of Psychological Interventions in Enhancing Quality of Life for Patients with Cystic Fibrosis-A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Impact of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical and nutritional conditions of adolescents with cystic fibrosis.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2024Article
- Digital technology for delivering and monitoring exercise programs for people with cystic fibrosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
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- Virtual monitoring in CF - the importance of continuous monitoring in a multi-organ chronic condition.Frontiers in digital health · 2023Review
- Telemedicine of patients with cystic fibrosis during the COVID-19 pandemic.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2022Article
- Patient and family experience of telehealth care delivery as part of the CF chronic care model early in the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society · 2021Article
- Feasibility and implementation of a personalized, web-based exercise intervention for people with cystic fibrosis for 1 year.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2021Article
- CORR Insights®: Are Accelerometer-based Functional Outcome Assessments Feasible and Valid After Treatment for Lower Extremity Sarcomas?Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2020Article
- Exercise and Cystic Fibrosis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundTelehealth and telemonitoring is an emerging area of study in people with cystic fibrosis (CF), with the potential of increasing access to care, and minimising infection control risks to patients without compromising their health outcomes. To date, limited evidence is available to support the use of telehealth in paediatric population with CF in a clinical setting. This study aims to investigate the utility of a multimodal telehealth-based outpatient physiotherapy service and assess its effect on quality of life, functional exercise capacity, hospital admission and intravenous antibiotic requirements, lung function, processes of care, participation in activities of daily living, and health economics associated with operating an innovative service.
methodThis single centre, prospective, parallel, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial aims to recruit 110 children with CF between the ages 8 to 18 years of age. Participants will be randomised to the Usual Outpatient Physiotherapy Service group (Usual OPS) or the telehealth intervention group (CyFiT OPS). Quality of life, participation in activity of daily living, functional exercise capacity and patient perception of care will be examined every six months using the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised (CFQ-R), Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment (CAPE), Preferences for Activities of Children (PAC) questionnaire, Modified Shuttle Test-25 (MST25), and Measure of Process of Care (MPOC-20) questionnaire. Physiological measurements collected during routine clinical visits such as spirometry, body weight and height, information will be retrospectively retrieved via a chart review at the end of the study. DISCUSSION: We anticipate that this multi-modal telehealth service will deliver a comparable service to traditional face-to-face models. An alternative to existing outpatient physiotherapy services may potentially increase patient options for access to care and patient-orientated outcomes such as quality of life. If deemed appropriate, the new model of care can be integrated into clinical practice immediately.
trial registrationThis trial is registered with the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry ( ACTRN12617001035314 ) last updated 17th July 2018.
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