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June 15, 2015Telemedicine Journal and e-Health

In-Home Pulmonary Telerehabilitation for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Pre-experimental Study on Effectiveness, Satisfaction, and Adherence

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Why the study?

Does in-home pulmonary telerehabilitation improve exercise tolerance and quality of life in patients with moderate to very severe COPD?

Population

26 patients with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Canada.

Comparison

15 in-home pulmonary telerehabilitation sessions… vs Pre-intervention baseline.

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

8 weeks

Authors

NMNicole MarquisUniversité de SherbrookePLPierre LarivéeUniversité de SherbrookeDSDidier SaeyInstitut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec

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Implication

Supports telerehabilitation in moderate-severe COPD; hypothesis-generating and requires RCTs before practice change.

Structured PICO

Does in-home pulmonary telerehabilitation improve exercise tolerance and quality of life in patients with moderate to very severe COPD?

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Population
26 patients with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Canada.
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Intervention
15 in-home pulmonary telerehabilitation sessions over 8 weeks via videoconference, plus education via self-learning health capsules.
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Comparator
Pre-intervention baseline (8-week maturation period prior to intervention).
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Outcome
Changes in exercise tolerance (6-min walk test [6MWT] and cycle endurance test [CET]) and quality of life (Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire [CRQ]) immediately after the 8-week intervention.patient reported

In-home pulmonary telerehabilitation is a feasible and effective strategy to improve exercise tolerance and quality of life in patients with moderate to very severe COPD.

Cite This Study

Marquis et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a873674540b033b21bf1433https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2014.0198
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