IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v10y2013i11p6184-6198d30484.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Attitudes of COPD Patients towards Tele-Rehabilitation: A Cross-Sector Case Study

Author

Listed:
  • Birthe Dinesen

    (Telehealth Laboratory, Integrative Neuroscience Research Group, Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7 D3, Aalborg DK-9220, Denmark)

  • Lotte Huniche

    (Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, J.B. Winsloews Vej 9, Odense DK-5000, Denmark
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Egon Toft

    (Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Niels Jernes Vej 10, Aalborg DK-9920, Denmark
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to describe patients’ attitudes towards tele-rehabilitation in the Danish TELEKAT (for Telehomecare, Chronic Patients and the Integrated Healthcare System) project, in order to better understand patients’ behavior when performing tele-rehabilitation activities in home surroundings. A total of 111 COPD patients were included in the study, and they were randomized into an intervention group (n = 60) and a control group (n = 51). However, a non-randomized design was used to analyze the qualitative perspectives of the patients’ attitudes towards tele-rehabilitation. From the intervention group, 22 COPD patients were selected for qualitative interviews and participant observation in their homes. The theoretical framework for this study is based on learning theory and the “communities of practice” approach inspired by Etienne Wenger. COPD patients exhibit four types of attitudes about their tele-rehabilitation: indifference, learning as part of situations in everyday life, feeling of security and motivation for performing physical training. The patients express the view that they circulate between these attitudes depending on their physical and emotional state as they perform their training. The COPD patients and healthcare professionals have created a community of tele-rehabilitation across sectors, exchanging experiences, stories and strategies for how to manage rehabilitation in home surroundings.

Suggested Citation

  • Birthe Dinesen & Lotte Huniche & Egon Toft, 2013. "Attitudes of COPD Patients towards Tele-Rehabilitation: A Cross-Sector Case Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-15, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:10:y:2013:i:11:p:6184-6198:d:30484
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/10/11/6184/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/10/11/6184/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Lisa Brunton & Peter Bower & Caroline Sanders, 2015. "The Contradictions of Telehealth User Experience in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(10), pages 1-22, October.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:10:y:2013:i:11:p:6184-6198:d:30484. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.