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dc.contributor.advisorZanaboni, Paolo
dc.contributor.authorKashif, Falak
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-15T14:50:37Z
dc.date.available2020-05-15T14:50:37Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-15
dc.description.abstractTelerehabilitation (TR) increases accessibility towards pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. It appears to be a cost-effective alternative to PR. We aimed to study adherence of COPD patients participating in long-term TR and practical challenges of TR from professional ́s perspective. 40 COPD patients participated in TR for 2 years. Participants performed training exercise and registered their training and daily observations in a webpage. We measured adherence by calculating frequency of registrations. Eight semi-structured interviews with professionals were conducted to explore practical challenges of TR. The Framework Method was used to analyze the qualitative data from these interviews. On average, adherence to training exercise was 1.8 sessions/week (recommended of 3 times/week) and adherence to daily observations was 2.9 registrations/week (recommendation 7 times/week). Six categories were identified by using the framework analysis: acceptance of telerehabilitation by participants and professionals, characteristics of participants, ethical and privacy-related issues, logistic issues, suggestions for improvement, and technical issues. Participants managed to adhere to training exercises and daily registration of symptoms to a great extent, thus integrating TR into their everyday life. Professionals faced many practical challenges, including technical, logistic and Internet-related issues, along with ethical and privacy-related issues. Both participants and professionals accepted and appreciated TR.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/18302
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDTLM-3902
dc.subjectTelemedicineen_US
dc.subjectTelerehabilitationen_US
dc.subjectFramework Analysisen_US
dc.subjectCOPDen_US
dc.subjectSemi-structured interviewsen_US
dc.subjectAdherenceen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Other clinical medical disciplines: 799en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Andre klinisk medisinske fag: 799en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Lung diseases: 777en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Lungesykdommer: 777en_US
dc.titleAdherence and Practical Challenges of Long-Term Telerehabilitation in COPD Patients: A Mixed-Method Study.en_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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