Home based pulmonary tele-rehabilitation under telemedicine system for COPD: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pulmonary tele-rehabilitation can improve adherence to pulmonary rehabilitation. However, there are few reports on home based pulmonary tele-rehabilitation. We assessed the effectiveness of home based pulmonary tele-rehabilitation under telemedicine system in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Methods

This cohort study enrolled 174 patients with COPD who received home based pulmonary tele-rehabilitation under telemedicine system. The follow-up time was 12 weeks. Patients were grouped according to pulmonary rehabilitation weeks, number of rehabilitation times and total duration time, and when these three data were inconsistent, the two lowest values were grouped: control group (total rehabilitation weeks < 1 week, total number of rehabilita

SUBMITTER: Zhang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9310454 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature