NCT06135025

Usefulness and Efficacy of Telemonitoring of Patients With COPD

Evaluation of the Usefulness and Efficacy of Telemonitoring of Patients With COPD

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 164 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Monastir · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A substantial number of people with COPD suffer from exacerbations, which are defined as an acute worsening of respiratory symptoms. To minimize exacerbations, telehealth has emerged as an alternative to improve clinical management, access to health care, and support for self-management. The study objective was to map the evidence of telehealth/telemedicine for the monitoring of adult COPD patients after hospitalization due to an exacerbation.

Detailed description

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major public health problem due to its high prevalence along with high morbi-mortality. Indeed, it is the third leading cause of all-cause death worldwide. COPD is marked by the onset of acute exacerbations (AECOP), which accelerate the progression of the disease, the decline in respiratory function resulting in poor quality of life with a worse survival. Therapeutic education of patients concerning treatment compliance and avoidance of exacerbating factors is one of the means of preventing AECOPD. Education sessions usually occur during during consultations and hospitalizations. Face-to-face visits with health professionals can be hindered by severity of COPD, geographic distance and limited access to health care services. Telemonitoring patients with COPD could improve delivery of health care, reduce exacerbations, improve quality of life, and results in lower rates of hospitalisation. However, it is unclear whether providing telehealth care improves outcomes of patients with COPD. This trial aimed to assess the usefulness and efficay of telemonitoring patients with AECOP

Conditions

• COPD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Telemonitoring	the patients included receive a weekly phone call from the participating physician to to support self-management improvement, use of inhalation devices, rehabilitation, monitoring of signs/symptoms by treatment management, counseling, motivation, and prevention of exacerbations, early recognition of exacerbation signs and planify access to health care facility. at 1 month a Face to Face visit is planned to collect data.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-08-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-01
• Completion: 2023-12-01
• First posted: 2023-11-18
• Last updated: 2023-11-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Tunisia