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2022-06-12

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Telemedicine home CPAP titration and follow-up in the COVID-19 scenario

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https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00084-2022

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Introduction: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) titration was dramatically affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic due to increased biological risk. This study aimed to compare successful CPAP adaptation and compliance with home telemedicine CPAP titration with the usual method based on face-to-face visits. Methodology: A prospective cohort using telemedicine home CPAP titration and follow-up during the COVID-19 pandemic (TC) was compared with a retrospective cohort receiving face-to-face pre-pandemic home titration (RC). The TC included a subgroup with a smartphone application (TC-APP). Successful CPAP adaptation and compliance at 1 month of follow-up were the main endpoints, while patient satisfaction and costs were secondary endpoints. Results: 210 consecutive patients were evaluated (80 RC and 130 TC). 36 patients were in the TC-APP subgroup. CPAP titration was successful in 90% in RC versus 95% in TC and 100% in TC-APP. No compliance differences between groups were found at 1 month (4.79 h·night-1 RC, 4.33 h·night-1 TC and 4.59 h·night-1 TC-APP). Mean±sd patient satisfaction out of 10 was 7.69±2.05 in RC versus 9.02±0.64 in TC (p<0.001). 64% of the TC-APP subgroup reported that their telemedicine strategy influenced an increase in CPAP use (p=0.011). CPAP adaptation with follow-up had an estimated direct staff cost per patient of EUR 19.61±8.61 in TC with no smartphone application used versus EUR 23.79±9.94 in TC-APP (p=0.048). Conclusions: Telemedicine in CPAP titration and early follow-up is equivalent to the usual care in terms of successful adaptation and compliance, while achieving greater patient satisfaction.

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Telecomunicació en medicina, COVID-19, Respiració artificial

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Telecommunication in medicine, COVID-19, Artificial respiration

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Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques)
Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL))

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BORDAS MARTÍNEZ, Jaume, et al. Telemedicine home CPAP titration and follow-up in the COVID-19 scenario. ERJ Open Research. 2022. Vol. 8, num. 4. ISSN 2312-0541. [consulted: 11 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/223983

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