Self-Management And Telemedicine in patients with COPD and Chronic Heart Failure.
- Conditions
- COPDHeart Failure
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25219
- Lead Sponsor
- Pioneers in Healthcare Innovation Fund 2016
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
1) a clinical diagnosis of COPD defined according to the GOLD criteria; 2) a clinical diagnosis of CHF defined according to the current (2016) ESC guidelines; 3) =2 COPD and/or CHF exacerbations, defined as deterioration of symptoms for which treatment with oral corticosteroids and/or antibiotics (for COPD) or diuretics (for CHF) were necessary in the two years preceding study entry, and/or =1 hospitalization for COPD and/or CHF in the two years preceding study entry; 4) age = 40 years; 5) = 1 week after exacerbation of COPD and/or CHF; 6) = 1 week after hospitalization; 7) = 4 weeks post-rehabilitation; 8) able to understand and read the Dutch language; and 9) able to use a tablet.
1) End stage of a disease; 2) other serious lung disease (eg alfa1-antitrypsin deficiency; interstitial lung diseases); 3) expected cardiovascular intervention within three months; 4) currently enrolled in randomized controlled trials or trials with study medication; 5) waiting for a heart or lung transplantation; 6) renal dialysis; 7) diabetes mellitus type I; 8) Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)-score of =11 for anxiety and/or depression domain symptom scores.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Adherence to different components of the eHealth self-management intervention: completing digital daily symptom diaries, following-up of advised actions, and using inhaled medication<br>- Satisfaction with received care (questionnaire)<br>- The perceived added value by patients of the different components of the telemedicine self-management intervention (questionnaire)<br>- Montly motivation of patients to use the telemedicine self-management intervention (questionnaire)<br>- Interviews with patients and case managers to identify positive aspects, negative aspects and points for improvement from users’ experiences of the eHealth self-management intervention
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Inhaler technique measured by using sensorised inhalers<br>- Quality of life (questionnaires)