A randomised controlled trial of the effect of automated interactive calling combined with a health risk forecast on frequency and severity of exacerbations of COPD assessed clinically and using EXACT PRO

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 324-331

  Halpin, David M G ^a   Laing Morton, Tish ^b   Spedding, Sarah ^b   Levy, Mark L ^c   Coyle, Peter ^d   Lewis, Jonathan ^e   Newbold, Paul ^e   Marno, Penny ^b  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COPD; Exacerbations; Health forecasting; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOBILE PHONE; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TELEPHONE;

EID: 80052601200     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00057     Document Type: Article

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