Digital habits of pulmonary rehabilitation service-users following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chron Respir Dis
; 19: 14799731221075647, 2022.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1702284
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
We previously demonstrated low levels of digital literacy amongst pulmonary rehabilitation service-users prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to identify whether the pandemic accelerated digital literacy in this population, resulting in greater acceptance of remote web-based pulmonary rehabilitation programme models.METHODS:
We surveyed digital access and behaviours and pulmonary rehabilitation delivery preferences of service-users referred to pulmonary rehabilitation in 2021 (cohort 2021) and propensity score-matched them to a cohort who completed the survey in 2020 (cohort 2020).RESULTS:
There were indicators that digital access and confidence were better amongst the Cohort 2021 but no difference was seen in the proportion of patients choosing remote web-based pulmonary rehabilitation as an acceptable method of receiving pulmonary rehabilitation.CONCLUSION:
In an unselected cohort of service-users, remote web-based pulmonary rehabilitation was considered acceptable in only a minority of patients which has implications on healthcare commissioning and delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pandemics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Chron Respir Dis
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
14799731221075647
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