Digital Health Care in Chronic Respiratory Diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. A Critical Review
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Vasiliki S. Raidou
Stilliani Andreadou
Anna Christakou
Eleni A. Kortianou
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2214-5545
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2214-5545
Abstract
The coronovarious disease 2019 pandemic increased the need for alternative disease monitoring, medication management, and rehabilitation approaches. During this period, significant adjustments were made to integrate telemedicine into various aspects of healthcare.
This critical review describes the use and effectiveness of digital health approaches adopted for the care of people with chronic respiratory diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. A thorough search was conducted in the PubMed database from January 2020 up to December 2022. A total of thirty studies were retrieved and reviewed for the utilization of telehealth services for education, monitoring, assessment, self-management, and rehabilitation in comparison to standard care or not.
During the lockdown patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung diseases, lung cancer, and neuromuscular disorders indicated positive perception towards remote healthcare delivery. They expressed high levels of satisfaction and achieved self-management in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. Remote visits decreased exacerbations of asthma and reinforced smoke cessation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Teleassessment and monitoring increased the percentage of cystic fibrosis and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patients seen via telemedicine. Web platforms and mobile applications supported telehealth interventions to reduce stress, depression, and anxiety in patients with cystic fibrosis, assessed the quality of life and physical activity of patients with sarcoidosis, and pursued health education in adolescents with asthma. A few studies carried out telerehabilitation programs in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and sarcoidosis. Findings advocate the feasibility of online exercises, the improvement of exercise capacity, muscle strength, respiratory muscle strength, and the reduction of dyspnea and fatigue.
Keywords:
asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis, digital health, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, neuromuscular diseases, sarcoidosis, telehealth, telerehabilitation
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RAIDOU, Vasiliki S. et al.
Digital Health Care in Chronic Respiratory Diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. A Critical Review.
Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 11, n. 6, june 2023.
ISSN 2375-1924.
Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/3887>. Date accessed: 23 nov. 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i6.3887.
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30. Gifford AH, Ong T, Dowd C, et al. Evaluating barriers to and promoters of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic at U.S. cystic fibrosis programs. J Cyst Fibros. 2021;20(January):9-13. doi:10.1016/j.jcf.2021.08.034
31. Jaclyn D, Andrew N, Ryan P, et al. Patient and family perceptions of telehealth as part of the cystic fibrosis care model during COVID-19. J Cyst Fibros. 2021;20(3):e23-e28. doi:10.1016/j.jcf.2021.03.009
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34. Holmes CJ, Racette SB, Symonds L, Arbeláez AM, Cao C, Granados A. Feasibility and Efficacy of Telehealth-Based Resistance Exercise Training in Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis and Glucose Intolerance. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(6). doi:10.3390/ijerph19063297
35. Kenis-Coskun Ö, Aksoy AN, Kumaş EN, et al. The effect of telerehabilitation on quality of life, anxiety, and depression in children with cystic fibrosis and caregivers: A single-blind randomized trial. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2022; 57(5):1262-1271. doi:10.1002/ppul.25860
36. Graziano S, Boldrini F, Righelli D, et al. Psychological interventions during COVID pandemic: Telehealth for individuals with cystic fibrosis and caregivers. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021;56(7):1976-1984. doi:10.1002/ppul.25413
37. Edwards C, Costello E, Cassidy N, Vick B, Russell AM. Use of the patientMpower app with home-based spirometry to monitor the symptoms and impact of fibrotic lung conditions: Longitudinal observational study. JMIR mHealth uHealth. 2020;8(11):1-9. doi:10.2196/16158
38. Moor CC, Mostard RLM, Grutters JC, et al. Home monitoring in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A randomized controlled trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020;202(3):393-401. doi:10.1164/rccm.202002-0328OC
39. O’Shea O, Murphy G, Forde L, O’Reilly KMA. A qualitative exploration of people living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis experience of a virtual pulmonary rehabilitation programme. BMC Pulm Med. 2022;22(1):1 10. doi:10.1186/s12890-022-02221-6
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