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ArticleBMJ open2019

Evaluation of an innovative mobile health programme for the self-management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (MH-COPD): protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

Hang Ding, Mohan Karunanithi, Derek Ireland, Lisa McCarthy, Rekha Hakim, Kirsten Phillips, Rahul Pradhan, E-Hong Seah, Rayleen V Bowman, Kwun Fong and 2 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hang DingThe Australian eHealth Research Centre, CSIRO, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0513-2876
Mohan KarunanithiThe Australian eHealth Research Centre, CSIRO, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Derek IrelandThe Australian eHealth Research Centre, CSIRO, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Lisa McCarthyMetro North Hospital and Health Service, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Rekha HakimMetro North Hospital and Health Service, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Kirsten PhillipsConsumer Health Programs and Partnership, Lung Foundation Australia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Rahul PradhanMetro North Hospital and Health Service, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
E-Hong SeahMetro North Hospital and Health Service, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Rayleen V BowmanMetro North Hospital and Health Service, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Kwun FongMetro North Hospital and Health Service, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Philip MaselMetro North Hospital and Health Service, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Ian A YangMetro North Hospital and Health Service, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The University of Queensland · AUCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation · AUPrince Charles Hospital · AULung Foundation Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death globally. In outpatient care, the self-management of COPD is essential, but patient adherence to this remains suboptimal. The objective of this study is to examine whether an innovative mobile health (mHealth)-enabled care programme (MH-COPD) will improve the patient self-management and relevant health outcomes. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A prospective open randomised controlled trial has been designed. In the trial, patients with COPD will be recruited from The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. They will then be randomised to participate in either the MH-COPD intervention group (n=50 patients), or usual care control group (UC-COPD) (n=50 patients) for 6 months. The MH-COPD programme has been designed to integrate an mHealth system within a clinical COPD care service. In the programme, participants will use a mHealth application at home to review educational videos, monitor COPD symptoms, use an electronic action plan, modify the risk factors of cigarette smoking and regular physical activity, and learn to use inhalers optimally. All participants will be assessed at baseline, 3 months and 6 months. The primary outcomes will be COPD symptoms and quality of life. The secondary outcomes will be patient adherence, physical activity, smoking cessation, use of COPD medicines, frequency of COPD exacerbations and hospital readmissions, and user experience of the mobile app. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The clinical trial has been approved by The Prince Charles Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC/16/QPCH/252). The recruitment and follow-up of the trial will be from January 2019 to December 2020. The study outcomes will be disseminated according to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials statement through a journal publication, approximately 6 months after finishing data collection. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12618001091291.

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SmartphoneHealth PromotionHumansPatient Education as TopicProspective StudiesPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicResearch DesignSelf CareSelf-ManagementSmoking CessationTelemedicinechronic pulmonary obstructive diseasemobile healthrandomized controlled trialself-management

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PMID31028038
PMCPMC6502041
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