This telehealth news weekly study summary covers e-health, telerehabilitation, and health self-management. Tenovi’s Research Round-Up is a weekly summary of studies published the prior week for stakeholders in the digital health industry, including remote physiological monitoring and telemedicine. Subscribe to the Tenovi Blog to receive timely information on news, regulatory updates, and articles surrounding how to provide quality care and how to create efficient workflows for remote patient monitoring.
This week’s summaries include the following studies:
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- E-Health in Pediatric Asthma Care
- Telerehabilitation for Musculoskeletal Pain – An Overview of Systematic Reviews
- Understanding Older Adults’ Experiences With Technologies for Health Self-management
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Telehealth News Weekly: E-Health in Pediatric Asthma Care
Tenovi’s telehealth news weekly covers a study published last week that shows a correlation between data from home-monitoring devices and hospital-based assessment of asthma control, adding to growing research in remote patient monitoring in pediatric asthma. The researchers report that data acquired from home monitoring devices is strongly associated with asthma control. A variation in lung function, wake-up time, reliever usage, and respiratory rate recovery time after exercise was significantly distinguished between controlled and uncontrolled asthma in the analysis.
Moreover, the combination of these measures accurately identifies 88.9% of all uncontrolled asthmatic children, suggesting a high potential for a holistic monitoring approach to assess pediatric asthma control at home. The authors report that a tool to monitor asthma control at home reliably seems attainable. Furthermore, children adhered to the two-week home measurements for the study period and embraced remote monitoring, as shown by the high participation rate and adherence.
Asthma remote monitoring with an at home peak flow meter enhances patient adherence. Tenovi’s cellular-connected digital peak flow meter represents a significant breakthrough in remote asthma monitoring. For instance, by leveraging cellular gateway technology, the device allows patients to instantly transmit PEF and FEV1 readings to their clinicians. This eliminates the need for manual recording and enables timely intervention.
Telerehabilitation for Musculoskeletal Pain: Systematic Reviews
The following study in this telehealth news weekly researches telerehabilitation, remote therapeutic monitoring used to manage musculoskeletal pain. It can include education, exercise, and pain control. This week’s article examined evidence from systematic reviews on telerehabilitation for managing musculoskeletal pain in adults. All systematic reviews involved an appraisal of outcome measures in pain intensity, physical functioning, emotional functioning, pain-related disability, and quality of life.
11 of the 16 in the review reported evidence supporting the telehealth intervention. Conversely, two said the evidence against telehealth interventions, and three concluded the absence of evidence. The authors concluded that telerehabilitation has the potential to facilitate access to health care. This conclusion was supported by the high methodological quality of the studies, the number of participants, and the high quality of controlled trials are relevant strengths.
Understanding Older Adults’ Experiences With Technologies for Health Self-management: Interview Study
The final study in our telehealth news weekly is an interview study; twenty-two senior adults shared their experiences using technologies for health self-management. Interview data revealed that these seniors use various technologies to support their health—for example, virtual software, fitness trackers, and other devices. Participants were motivated to use technologies to monitor their health issues, stay active and connected, and record and change their behavior regarding future health status.
Effective use of technologies resulted from social and organizational influence. Participants were willing to continue using technology if there was a need. They noted the social impact of healthcare staff, family, friends, and organizations. The analysis explains how and why older adults use technologies to support their health. This could be used as a guide for healthcare providers.
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