Patients were generally satisfied and found the systems useful to help them manage their disease and improve healthcare provision .
Nevertheless , they reported some difficulties in their use , which in some studies were related to lower compliance rates .
AIM This systematic review aim ed to provide a comprehensive description of the method ologies used in home telemonitoring interventions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( COPD ) and to explore patients ' adherence and satisfaction with the use of telemonitoring systems .
Home telemonitoring and quality of life in stable, optimised chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
We conducted a six-month r and omised controlled trial of home telemonitoring for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD ) . A total of 40 stable patients with moderate to severe COPD who had completed pulmonary rehabilitation took part . They were r and omised to receive st and ard care ( controls ) or st and ard care plus home telemonitoring ( intervention ) . During the monitoring period , patients in the telemonitoring group recorded their symptoms and physical observations twice daily . The data were transmitted automatically at night via the home telephone line . Nurses could access the data through a website and receive alerting email messages if certain conditions were detected . The patients completed the St George 's Respiratory Question naire , Hospital Anxiety and Depression and the EuroQoL EQ-5D quality of life scores before and after pulmonary rehabilitation , and then periodically during the trial . There were significant and clinical ly important improvements in the scores immediately following pulmonary rehabilitation , but thereafter there were no differences in quality of life scores between the groups at any time , or consistently within either group over time . The study showed that telemonitoring was safe but , despite being well used , it was not associated with changes in quality of life in patients who had stable COPD
Patients were generally satisfied and found the systems useful to help them manage their disease and improve healthcare provision .
Nevertheless , they reported some difficulties in their use , which in some studies were related to lower compliance rates .
AIM This systematic review aim ed to provide a comprehensive description of the method ologies used in home telemonitoring interventions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( COPD ) and to explore patients ' adherence and satisfaction with the use of telemonitoring systems .