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Telemedical Monitoring and Treatment of COPD Patients Associated With General Practice (TEMOKAP)
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Intervention Group for COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). Completed, enrolled 184 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of this study (The TEMOKAP study) is to investigate whether home-based treatment with telemedicine and support from healthcare professionals can prevent acute exacerbations of COPD and avoid acute hospital admissions, and whether this will improve the participant's health status and quality of life. In other words, the project seeks to document how life with COPD can be made better and safer for all COPD patients. The project is a collaboration between the University of Copenhagen, alles Lægehus (everyone's medical practice), Epital Health A/S, and Apopro.dk and will be conducted as a scientific study.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The intervention were connected to the ECM response and coordination centre (RCC) which provided the participants with 24/7/365 access to assistance from certified RCC staff who were supported by eDoctors. Patients self-tracking activities (saturation, pulse, lung function, temperature and report on increased sputum, coughing, and shortness of breath) were monitored dayly by the RCC whoom would contact them in the event of signs of deterioration. The RCC staff together with the participant would make informed decisions, via phone or video call, on how to best manage the change in condition guided by the previous measures evaluated with graphs, including plotted trends. If there was a need for medical treatment, a treatment plan was drawn up with fixed follow-ups and a course plan.