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ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2020

A Virtual Reality-Supported Intervention for Pulmonary Rehabilitation of Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Mixed Methods Study.

Timothy Jung, Natasha Moorhouse, Xin Shi, Muhammad Farhan Amin

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Article in Journal of medical Internet research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Protected characteristics reported in pulmonary rehabilitation: a scoping review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024
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  19. Virtual Reality for Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Comprehensive Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Timothy Jung *Manchester Metropolitan University, Business School, Manchester, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8594-6641
Natasha MoorhouseManchester Metropolitan University, Business School, Manchester, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8718-3297
Xin Shi *Manchester Metropolitan University, Business School, Manchester, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4930-7295
Muhammad Farhan Amin *Burnett Edgar Medical Centre, Central Drive, Walney, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1617-768X
Manchester Metropolitan University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe uptake of traditional pulmonary rehabilitation classes by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is poor because of personal factors that prevent accessibility to the venue. Therefore, there is a need for innovative methods of pulmonary rehabilitation, and virtual reality (VR) could be a promising technology for patients with COPD to access services remotely.

objectiveThis study aimed to investigate whether VR improves compliance with pulmonary rehabilitation among patients with COPD, a particularly vulnerable patient group (Medical Research Council [MRC] 4 or 5), and whether VR provides a credible alternative to traditional pulmonary rehabilitation programs.

methodsThis was an 8-week patient trial using an innovative VR pulmonary rehabilitation program. A purposive sample of 10 patients with COPD graded MRC 4 or 5 and registered at a selected health care center and a hospital in Cumbria, United Kingdom, were included. Qualitative (focus groups and interviews) data were collected, and to further support the qualitative findings, quantitative data (self-report patient surveys) were gathered before and after the 8-week trial. The 5 self-reported surveys included the Patient Activation Measure, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Short Physical Performance Battery, and the Edmonton Frail Scale.

resultsIn a thematic analysis of the qualitative data, 11 themes emerged specific to delivering pulmonary rehabilitation using VR. The quantitative data further support the qualitative findings by revealing significant improvements in all physical measures.

conclusionsOverall, this study demonstrates how remotely supervised VR-based pulmonary rehabilitation could help to overcome current issues and limitations associated with providing this service to patients with COPD at scale.

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Virtual RealityAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveResearch DesignSurveys and QuestionnairesCOPDrehabilitationvirtual reality

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PMID32673224
PMCPMC7381058
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