Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare > Volume 11, Supplement 1 > Pp. 95-97

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Patient and provider perspectives on home telecare: preliminary results from a randomized controlled trial

F S Mair, P Goldstein, C May, R Angus, C Shiels, D Hibbert, J O'Connor, A Boland, C Roberts, A Haycox and S Capewell

University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Mersey Primary Care R&D Consortium, Liverpool, UK; University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, UK; University Hospitals Aintree NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK; Mersey Primary Care R&D Consortium, Liverpool, UK; University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; South Sefton Primary Care Trust, Liverpool, UK; University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
A randomized controlled trial of home telecare for the management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has been undertaken in the north-west of England. A videophone was used that communicates via the ordinary telephone network. The intervention period for each participant was two weeks. Participants in the telecare arm of the trial were asked to complete logbooks to record their experiences of each telecare encounter. A simple, self-completed, 10-item questionnaire was used that consisted of a Likert scale, ranging from 1 (totally disagree) to 5 (totally agree). Fourteen nurses completed 150 logbooks and 22 patients completed 145 logbooks. These results demonstrate significant differences in perception between patients and their health-care providers with regard to telecare encounters across all the domains addressed. Participating patients consistently demonstrated more positive views of the telecare encounters than their healthcare providers.

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