Effectiveness of remote home monitoring for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although remote home monitoring (RHM) has the capacity to prevent exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), evidence regarding its effectiveness remains unclear. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of RHM in patients with COPD.

Methods

A systematic review of the scholarly literature published within the last 10 years was conducted using internationally recognized guidelines. Search strategies were applied to several electronic databases and clinical trial registries through March 2020 to identify studies comparing RHM to 'no remote home monitoring' (no RHM) or comparing RHM with provider's feedback to RHM without feedback. To critically appraise the included randomized studies, the Cochrane Collaboratio

SUBMITTER: Nagase FI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9107164 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature