Comparing Approaches to Teaching Patients How to Use an App-Based Home Spirometer: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bluetooth-enabled, app-based home spirometry has been validated for use in the diagnosis and monitoring of respiratory disease. Remote teaching (virtual or self-directed) of patients on how to use an app-based home spirometry offers the opportunity to deliver diagnostics safely and at scale. However, the most appropriate method of teaching home spirometry to patients is unknown.

Objective

The aim of this pragmatic study undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic was to determine whether virtual or self-directed teaching were valid methods for deploying home spirometry to patients referred for outpatient lung physiology testing.

Methods

REACH-SPIRO is a single-center, unblinded, randomized controlled trial of adults referred for spirometry. Participants were ra

SUBMITTER: Morgan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12358814 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature