The State of the Art of eHealth Self-Management Interventions for People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common chronic incurable disease. Treatment of COPD often focuses on symptom management and progression prevention using pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapies (eg, medication, inhaler use, and smoking cessation). Self-management is an important aspect of managing COPD. Self-management interventions are increasingly delivered through eHealth, which may help people with COPD engage in self-management. However, little is known about the actual content of these eHealth interventions.

Objective

This literature review aimed to investigate the state-of-the-art eHealth self-management technologies for COPD. More specifically, we aimed to investigate the functionality, modality, technology readiness level, underl

SUBMITTER: Te Braake E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11933764 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature