ReviewJMIR medical informatics2019
Telemonitoring to Manage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Systematic Literature Review.
Review in JMIR medical informatics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
44 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Predicting disease outcomes from remote monitoring using machine learning: a systematic review.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Pooled it
- Remote Patient Monitoring and Machine Learning in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Dual Systematic Literature Review and Narrative Synthesis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Integrated disease management interventions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Telemonitoring Interventions on Severe COPD Exacerbations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Telemedicine in Chronic Wound Management: Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Pooled it
- Technology-Enabled Self-Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease With or Without Asynchronous Remote Monitoring: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Effect of telemonitoring on quality of life for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-A randomized controlled trial.Chronic respiratory diseaseTrial
- Barriers and enablers for health system reform.Frontiers in health services · 2026Article
- Data-driven closed-loop health education: constructing an integrated assessment-intervention-feedback pathway for digital COPD management-a perspective.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- PICO-based assessment and categorization of evidence for digital health interventions: an inductive framework development.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Review
- Virtual Physical Therapy Practices in Canadian Exercise-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programmes.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2025Article
- [TELEMEdical moNiTORing for COPD patients (Telementor COPD): Study protocol of a multicentre, randomised, controlled study].Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2025Article
- A step-by-step evaluation framework for telehealth programs in respiratory care.Canadian journal of respiratory therapy : CJRT = Revue canadienne de la therapie respiratoire : RCTR · 2025Article
- Assessing the Impact of New Technologies on Managing Chronic Respiratory Diseases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Predictive Value of Physiological Values and Symptom Scores for Exacerbations in Bronchiectasis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease With Frequent Exacerbations: Longitudinal Observational Cohort Study.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Using Remote Technology to Engage Patients with Interstitial Lung Diseases in a Home Exercise Program: A Pilot Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Consideration of Sex, Gender, or Age on Outcomes of Digital Technologies for Treatment and Monitoring of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Overview of Systematic Reviews.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Review
- Intelligent Clinical Decision Support System for Managing COPD Patients.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Remote Patient Monitoring for COVID-19: A Retrospective Study on Health Care Utilization.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2023Article
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5 authors.
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Abstract
backgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of death throughout the world. Telemedicine has been utilized for many diseases and its prevalence is increasing in the United States. Telemonitoring of patients with COPD has the potential to help patients manage disease and predict exacerbations.
objectiveThe objective of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of telemonitoring to manage COPD. Researchers want to determine how telemonitoring has been used to observe COPD and we are hoping this will lead to more research in telemonitoring of this disease.
methodsThis review was conducted in accordance with the Assessment for Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) and reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). Authors performed a systematic review of the PubMed and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) databases to obtain relevant articles. Articles were then accepted or rejected by group consensus. Each article was read and authors identified barriers and facilitators to effectiveness of telemonitoring of COPD.
resultsResults indicate that conflicting information exists for the effectiveness of telemonitoring of patients with COPD. Primarily, 13 out of 29 (45%) articles stated that patient outcomes were improved overall with telemonitoring, while 11 of 29 (38%) indicated no improvement. Authors identified the following facilitators: reduced need for in-person visits, better disease management, and bolstered patient-provider relationship. Important barriers included low-quality data, increased workload for providers, and cost.
conclusionsThe high variability between the articles and the ways they provided telemonitoring services created conflicting results from the literature review. Future research should emphasize standardization of telemonitoring services and predictability of exacerbations.
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