Chronic respiratory failure
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention: During four months, we review the dairy usage data of domiciliary oxygen therapy monthly by the remote monitoring system and give the study subjects guidance alternatively through face-t
Sponsors
Department of Respiratory Care and Sleep Control Medicine, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine,
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: We recruit outpatients having chronic respiratory failure caused by any pulmonary disease and receiving 24-hour domiciliary oxygen therapy. Patients can be included regardless of the causative pulmonary disease or the given dose of oxygen as far as they have already received 24-hour domiciliary oxygen therapy and monthly or bimonthly face-to-face medical cares for three or more months at the outpatient setting. At the time of enrollment, study participants are also required to have used the remote monitoring system as a part of clinical practice. Any remote monitoring system and any supplier and provider of the system are acceptable as far as the system can monitor the usage time of oxygen concentrator. Although it does not matter when the system started to work, the usage data of oxygen concentrator during the preceding month are necessary at enrollment.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients are excluded when 1) they need to receive monthly or more frequent face-to-face medical cares for other reasons than domiciliary oxygen therapy management from the same physicians, 2) they were hospitalized within the preceding three months because of any pulmonary disease, 3) they are receiving home mechanical ventilation or continuous positive airway pressure therapy, 4) they have any active malignant neoplasm, 5) their cognitive functions are impaired enough to prevent them from completing the questionnaires or understanding the guidance through telemedicine or 6) they have been already scheduled for hospitalization during the study period.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The dairy average usage time of oxygen concentrator during four months | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactKiminobu Tanizawa
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine Department of Respiratory Care and Sleep Control Medicine
Outcome results
None listed