Evaluation of myCOPD Digital Self-management Technology in a Remote and Rural Population: Real-world Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, costly, and incurable respiratory disease affecting 1.2 million people in the United Kingdom alone. Acute COPD exacerbations requiring hospitalization place significant demands on health services, and the incidence of COPD in poor, remote, and rural populations is up to twice that of cities.

Objective

myCOPD is a commercial, digital health, self-management technology designed to improve COPD outcomes and mitigate demands on health services. In this pragmatic real-world feasibility study, we aimed to evaluate myCOPD use and its clinical effectiveness at reducing hospitalizations, inpatient bed days, and other National Health Service (NHS) resource use.

Methods

myCOPD engagement and NHS resource use wa

SUBMITTER: Cooper R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8861861 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature