A new model for continuous care of chronic patients - eCare and eLearning for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Informing Healthcare (UK)0 个研究点目标入组 40 人开始时间: 2008年12月23日最近更新: 2015年1月13日

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•Participants (no gender/age specification) will be recruited for the study from the Prince Phillip and West Wales General Hospital Pulmonary Rehabilitation Scheme. The standard inclusion criteria to be accepted through the scheme for pulmonary rehabilitation is patients who:
•1. Feel limited by their chest
•2. Have a primary physician
•3. Spirometric diagnosis of COPD
•4. Are on maximal respiratory medications
•5. Have no unstable cardiac disease
•6. Have no cognitive impairments
•In addition, for this project, participants must:
•7. Be willing and able to provide informed consent
•8. Have a standard telephone line installed in their homes
•9. Be willing to have equipment installed in their homes
•10. Have attended at least 50% of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) sessions (aiming for equal baselines)

•1. No other confounding medical condition to the use of the equipment, e.g. unable to see clearly or touch the screen
•2. Not in a nursing or residential institution
•3. Participation in any investigational drug trial within one month prior to recruitment
•4. Mental condition rendering the subject unable to understand the nature, scope and possible consequences of the study

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Informing Healthcare (UK)