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ReviewJournal of thoracic disease2019

Digital health for COPD care: the current state of play.

Hang Ding, Farhad Fatehi, Andrew Maiorana, Nazli Bashi, Wenbiao Hu, Iain Edwards

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of thoracic disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06888557 (A Proactive Patient-centered Interactive Smartphone-based Self-Management Support Program for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial With Mixed-method Evaluation), which is not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06888557 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

A Proactive Patient-centered Interactive Smartphone-based Self-Management Support Program for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial With Mixed-method Evaluation

TypeinterventionalSponsorHong Kong Metropolitan UniversityRan2025 to 2028Enrolled130ConditionsChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)ArmsSmartphone-based self-management support program ( 3S-C)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The role of digital health technology in rural cancer care delivery: A systematic review.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2022
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  8. Healthcare Costs and Trends of Multimorbidity in COPD Patients: A Population-Based Study in Singapore.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026
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  20. Digital health in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Chronic diseases and translational medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Hang DingThe Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Brisbane, Australia.
Farhad FatehiThe Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Brisbane, Australia.
Andrew MaioranaAllied Health Department and Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Service, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia.
Nazli BashiThe Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Brisbane, Australia.
Wenbiao HuSchool of Public Health and Social Work, Institute of Health & Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Iain EdwardsDepartment of Community Health, Peninsula Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Australian e-Health Research Centre · AUCSIRO Health and Biosecurity · AUFiona Stanley Hospital · AUPeninsula Health · AUQueensland University of Technology · AUUniversity of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) imposes a huge burden to our healthcare systems and societies. To alleviate the burden, digital health-"the use of digital technologies for health"-has been recognized as a potential solution for improving COPD care at scale. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of digital health interventions in COPD care. We accordingly reviewed recent and emerging evidence on digital transformation approaches for COPD care focusing on (I) self-management, (II) in-hospital care, (III) post-discharge care, (IV) hospital-at-home, (V) ambient environment, and (VI) public health surveillance. The emerging approaches included digital-technology-enabled homecare programs, electronic records, big data analytics, and environment-monitoring applications. The digital health approaches of telemonitoring, telehealth and mHealth support the self-management, post-discharge care, and hospital-at-home strategy, with prospective effects on reducing acute COPD exacerbations and hospitalizations. Electronic records and classification tools have been implemented; and their effectiveness needs to be further evaluated in future studies. Air pollution concentrations in the ambient environment are associated with declined lung functions and increased risks for hospitalization and mortality. In all the digital transformation approaches, clinical evidence on reducing mortality, the ultimate goal of digital health intervention, is often inconsistent or insufficient. Digital health transformation provides great opportunities for clinical innovations and discovery of new intervention strategies. Further research remains needed for achieving reliable improvements in clinical outcomes and cost-benefits in future studies.

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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)Digital healthpublic healthtelemonitoring

Identifiers

PMID31737348
PMCPMC6831928
OpenAlexW2981544416

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