Telehealth Monitoring in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Interventions: Device: Telehealth monitoring system (Honni Med)

• Registration Number: NCT01522859
• Lead Sponsor: South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

Brief Summary

The the aim of this study is to determine the benefits of Telehealth monitoring in the management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Detailed Description

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major burden on healthcare systems worldwide. The current management of patients with COPD includes well established interventions such as pulmonary rehabilitation and inhaled therapies which have demonstrated variable impact on reducing rates of exacerbation and improving health related quality of life.

Telehealth is a home monitoring system used to record clinical observations and carry out question and answer sessions. It has been proposed that Telehealth medicine may offer an alternative strategy to the overall management of these patients.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-08
• Primary Completion: 2010-06
• Study Completion: 2010-06
• Status Verified: 2012-01
• Study First Submitted: 2012-01-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-01-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-01-27
• Study First Posted: 2012-02-01
• Last Update Posted: 2012-02-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 110

Inclusion Criteria

• clinical diagnosis of moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• a minimum of two: Emergency Department admissions; hospital admissions or emergency GP contacts in the 12 months previous to the study

Exclusion Criteria

• any respiratory disorder other than COPD
• patients cognitively unable to learn the process of monitoring

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Telehealth monitoring	Telehealth monitoring system (Honni Med)	Daily monitoring of patient's health status using a small telecommunications device.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from baseline in St Georges's Respiratory Questionnaire at six months	Baseline and six months	Self completed questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from baseline in EuroQol at six months	Baseline and six months	self completed questionnaire
Change from baseline in Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale at six months	Baseline and six months	self administered questionnaire
healthcare utilisation	six months	data collected retrospectively from healthcare notes and hospital coding
number of exacerbations	six months	data collected retrospectively from healthcare notes
satisfaction	six months	interview administered questionnaire
cost effectiveness	six months	QALY analysis

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust; 🇬🇧 Lisburn, Co Antrim, United Kingdom