Trial reportThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2023
Home monitoring by pulse oximetry of primary care patients with COVID-19: a pilot randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Home-based management of hypoxaemic COVID-19 patients: design of the Therapy@Home pilot study.BMJ open · 2024Trial
- Patients' and GPs' views and expectations of home monitoring with a pulse oximeter: a mixed-methods process evaluation of a pilot randomised controlled trial.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2023Trial
- How Dutch initiatives to early discharge COVID-19 patients were organised during the pandemic: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2025Article
- The effect and implementation of the COVID Box, a remote patient monitoring system for patients with a COVID-19 infection in primary care: a matched cohort study.Family practice · 2025Article
- Acute remote home monitoring of acutely ill patients with COVID-19: how Dutch home monitoring initiatives were organized during the pandemic.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of House Officers on the Use of Pulse Oximeter in Critically Ill Patients: A Quality Enhancement Study.Journal of the West African College of SurgeonsArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPulse oximetry as a home or remote monitoring tool accelerated during the pandemic for patients with COVID-19, but evidence on its use is lacking.
aimTo assess the feasibility of home monitoring by pulse oximetry of patients aged ≥40 years with cardiovascular comorbidity and moderate-to-severe COVID-19. DESIGN AND
settingA primary care-based, open, pilot randomised controlled trial, with nested process evaluation, was undertaken in the Netherlands.
methodFrom November 2020 to June 2021, eligible patients presenting to one of 14 participating Dutch general practices were randomly allocated to regular measurement of peripheral oxygen saturation (at least three SpO
resultsAll 41 participants (21 intervention, 20 usual care) completed the 45-day follow-up period. Overall, the intervention group performed 97.6% of protocolised measurements; the median daily measurement per participant was 2.7 (interquartile range 1-4). Hypoxemia (SpO
conclusionHome monitoring of patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 by pulse oximetry appeared feasible; adherence was high, patients reported a high feeling of safety, while the number of primary care consultations remained similar to usual care.
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