Early Telemedicine Training and Counselling After Hospitalization in Patients With Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Feasibility Study
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital
- Enrollment
- 50
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a widespread disease that can have a major impact on the lives of individuals. An essential element in the treatment of COPD is rehabilitation of which supervised training is an important part. However, not all individuals with severe COPD can participate in the rehabilitation provided by hospitals and municipal training centres due to distance to the training venues and transportation difficulties. The aim of the feasibility study was to evaluate an individualised home based training and counselling programme via video conference to patients with severe COPD after hospitalization with regard to safety, clinical outcomes, patients' perception, organisational aspects and economic aspects.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 40 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •severe and very severe COPD (i.e. with an FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in 1 second) value under 50% of the predicted value, an FEV1/FVC (forced vital capacity) ratio < 70%, MRC (Medical Research Council Dyspnoea Scale) grade 3)
- •≥40 years
- •hospitalization with exacerbation of COPD
- •declined participation in the hospital based rehabilitation
- •participation in videoconference sessions with a nurse for one week immediately after discharge.
Exclusion Criteria
- •inability to communicate via telephone and computer
- •systolic BP <100mm Hg
- •X-rays of the thorax showing abnormalities suspicious of thoracic malignancy or lobar pneumonia
- •a diagnosis of cancer or recurrence of cancer within the last 5 years
- •hospitalization with septic shock, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or other serious medical conditions (e.g. kidney disorder)
- •heart failure (EF<30%)
- •if the patient did not wish to participate.
Arms & Interventions
Telemedicine training and counselling
Intervention: Telemedicine training and counselling (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ)
Time Frame: Up to 3 weeks
A self-administered validated questionnaire measuring the health status of patients with COPD.
Timed Up & Go test (TUG)
Time Frame: Up to 3 weeks
Measuring the time in seconds (with 2 decimals), it takes a person to rise from an ordinary chair (with back and armrest), walk 3 meters, turn around and walk back to the chair and sit down again
The five time sit to stand test (FTSST)
Time Frame: Up to 3 weeks
Measures functional lower limb muscle strength, where the time in seconds (2 decimals) used for 5 times rising from a chair is measured.
Need for acute contact to the general practitioner
Time Frame: Up to 3 weeks
Patient subjective perception
Time Frame: Up to 3 weeks
The patients submitted a postcard with information about their experience. The postcard was an open ended question and was printed with the text "Dear Department of rehabilitation. My experience of training and counselling by use of the Patient briefcase was ... ".
Costs per patient participating in the telemedicine rehabilitation
Time Frame: Up to 3 weeks
This included renting of the "patient briefcase", establishing of a safe line for data transmission and use of hospital staff.
Reimbursement to the hospital
Time Frame: Up to 3 weeks
Estimated as the DRG (Diagnose Related Groups) value of the rehabilitation activity similar to the payment for the activity from the regional health system (The Region of Southern Denmark) to the hospital in accordance with health care financing system).
Focus Group interview
Time Frame: Up to 3 weeks
The perception of the hospital staff of the telemedicine intervention programme was assessed by a focus group interview with the occupational- and physiotherapists who carried out the telemedicine rehabilitation training and thus were familiar with the programme.
Patients' falls during training
Time Frame: Up to 3 weeks
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Lisbeth Rosenbek Minet
Assistent Professor
Odense University Hospital