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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2016 Aug 16;16(1):121.
doi: 10.1186/s12890-016-0282-5.

e-Vita: design of an innovative approach to COPD disease management in primary care through eHealth application

E P W A Talboom-Kamp  1   2 , N A Verdijk  3   4 , C M G Blom  5 , L M Harmans  4 , I J S H Talboom  5 , M E Numans  3 , N H Chavannes  3
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Randomized Controlled Trial

e-Vita: design of an innovative approach to COPD disease management in primary care through eHealth application

E P W A Talboom-Kamp et al. BMC Pulm Med. .

Abstract

Background: COPD is a highly complex disease to manage as patients show great variation in symptoms and limitations in daily life. In the last decade self-management support of COPD has been introduced as an effective method to improve quality and efficiency of care, and to reduce healthcare costs. Despite the urge to change the organisation of health care and the potential of eHealth to support this, large-scale implementation in daily practice remains behind, especially in the Netherlands.

Methods/design: We designed a multilevel study, called e-Vita, to investigate different organisational implementation methods of a self-management web portal to support and empower patients with COPD in three different primary care settings. Using a parallel cohort design, the clinical effects of the web portal will be assessed using an interrupted times series (ITS) study design and measured according to changes in health status with the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ). The different implementations and net benefits of self-management through eHealth on clinical outcomes will be evaluated from human, organisational, and technical perspectives.

Discussion: To our knowledge this is the first study to combine different study designs that enable simultaneous investigation of clinical effects, as well as effects of different organisational implementation methods whilst controlling for confounding effects of the organisational characteristics. We hypothesize that an implementation with higher levels of personal assistance, and integrated in an existing care program will result in increased use of and satisfaction with the platform, thereby increasing health status and diminishing exacerbation and hospitalisation.

Trial registration: NTR4098 (31-07-2013).

Keywords: COPD; Chronically ill; Integrated disease management; Primary care; Self-management; Telemonitoring; eHealth.

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Model based on Yusof [22]: different aspects of eHealth evaluation
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Research design for the different groups and interventions of e-Vita COPD
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The different characteristics of Group 1, 2, and 3
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ITS design with CCQ
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Interventions per group
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ITS measurements per interval
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