Home-based management of hypoxaemic COVID-19 patients: design of the Therapy@Home pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital capacity was strained. Home-based care could relieve the hospital care system and improve patient well-being if safely organised.We designed an intervention embedded in a regional collaborative healthcare network for the home-based management of acutely ill COVID-19 patients requiring oxygen treatment. Here, we describe the design and pilot protocol for the evaluation of the feasibility of this complex intervention.

Methods and analysis

Following a participatory action research approach, the intervention was designed in four consecutive steps: (1) literature review and establishment of an expert panel; (2) concept design of essential intervention building blocks (acute medical care, acute nursing care, remote monitoring, eq

SUBMITTER: Boeijen JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10828874 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature