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Title: Telerehabilitation for chronic respiratory disease: a randomised controlled equivalence trial.
Austin Authors: Cox, Narelle S ;McDonald, Christine F ;Mahal, Ajay;Alison, Jennifer A;Wootton, Richard;Hill, Catherine J ;Zanaboni, Paolo;O'Halloran, Paul;Bondarenko, Janet;Macdonald, Heather;Barker, Kathryn;Crute, Hayley;Mellerick, Christie;Wageck, Bruna;Boursinos, Helen;Lahham, Aroub;Nichols, Amanda;Czupryn, Pawel;Corbett, Monique;Handley, Emma;Burge, Angela T ;Holland, Anne E 
Affiliation: West Wimmera Health Service, Nhill, Victoria, Australia
Allied Health Research and Education Unit, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Wimmera Health Care Group, Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Physiotherapy, Western Health, Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Respiratory Research@Alfred, Department of Immunology and Pathology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Physiotherapy
Norwegian Centre for eHealth Research, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway
Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway
Institute for Breathing and Sleep
Physiotherapy, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
School of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Norwegian Centre for eHealth Research, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway
Issue Date: Jul-2022
Date: 2021-10-14
Publication information: Thorax 2022; 77(7): 643-651
Abstract: Pulmonary rehabilitation is an effective treatment for people with chronic respiratory disease but is delivered to <5% of eligible individuals. This study investigated whether home-based telerehabilitation was equivalent to centre-based pulmonary rehabilitation in people with chronic respiratory disease. A multicentre randomised controlled trial with assessor blinding, powered for equivalence was undertaken. Individuals with a chronic respiratory disease referred to pulmonary rehabilitation at four participating sites (one rural) were eligible and randomised using concealed allocation to pulmonary rehabilitation or telerehabilitation. Both programmes were two times per week for 8 weeks. The primary outcome was change in Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire Dyspnoea (CRQ-D) domain at end-rehabilitation, with a prespecified equivalence margin of 2.5 points. Follow-up was at 12 months. Secondary outcomes included exercise capacity, health-related quality of life, symptoms, self-efficacy and psychological well-being. 142 participants were randomised to pulmonary rehabilitation or telerehabilitation with 96% and 97% included in the intention-to-treat analysis, respectively. There were no significant differences between groups for any outcome at either time point. Both groups achieved meaningful improvement in dyspnoea and exercise capacity at end-rehabilitation. However, we were unable to confirm equivalence of telerehabilitation for the primary outcome ΔCRQ-D at end-rehabilitation (mean difference (MD) (95% CI) -1 point (-3 to 1)), and inferiority of telerehabilitation could not be excluded at either time point (12-month follow-up: MD -1 point (95% CI -4 to 1)). At end-rehabilitation, telerehabilitation demonstrated equivalence for 6-minute walk distance (MD -6 m, 95% CI -26 to 15) with possibly superiority of telerehabilitation at 12 months (MD 14 m, 95% CI -10 to 38). telerehabilitation may not be equivalent to centre-based pulmonary rehabilitation for all outcomes, but is safe and achieves clinically meaningful benefits. When centre-based pulmonary rehabilitation is not available, telerehabilitation may provide an alternative programme model. ACtelerehabilitationN12616000360415.
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/28037
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-216934
ORCID: 0000-0001-6481-3391
Journal: Thorax
PubMed URL: 34650004
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: exercise
pulmonary rehabilitation
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