Feasibility and Effectiveness of Telehealth in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Taiwan

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• Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Interventions: Other: Telehealth program; Other: Usual care

• Registration Number: NCT01724684
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Brief Summary

Recent studies have demonstrated the promising potential that telehealth has in management of chronic disease. For COPD patients, implementation of telehealth reduced readmissions, emergency room visits, and exacerbations and was cost-effective. Telehealth as a method of delivering healthcare to remote, resource-deprived areas is not lacking in evidence of benefit; however, the situation about its more widespread use for monitoring purposes is much less clear. To date, most of the studies dealing with telehealth in COPD were conducted in countries covering vast territories. Therefore, it needs to be investigated whether telehealth conveys similar advantages for COPD patients in a small island country.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-12
• Study First Submitted: 2012-01-02
• Status Verified: 2012-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-11-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-11-07
• Study First Posted: 2012-11-12
• Last Update Posted: 2012-11-12
• Primary Completion: 2012-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• Admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Age 20 or more

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Exclusion Criteria

• Discharge against medical advice
• Enrolled in other trials
• Not being discharged to home
• Unconsciousness

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Telehealth program	Telehealth program	Telehealth program service
Usual care	Usual care	Usual care service

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants with Hospital Readmission at 6 months	6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan