Table 2 Care pathways and integrated research activity
Timeline | Standard COPD service | Telehealth-supported COPD service | |
|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | 1 day – First home visit after hospital discharge (baseline time 0) | Home visit (Trial info pack) | Home visit (Trial info pack) |
3 days | Home visit: | Home visit: | |
Consent | Consent | ||
Baseline SGRQ (paper) | Baseline SGRQ (paper) | ||
Baseline EQ-5D (paper) | Letter to inform GP of trial | ||
GP record diaries (paper) | |||
Letter to inform GP of trial | |||
5 days | Home visit | Telehealth equipment installed | |
Baseline EQ-5D (device) | |||
GP visit data (device) | |||
2 weeks | Home visit | Remote review of Telehealth parameters throughout 8-week intervention | |
5 weeks | 5-week EQ-5D (paper) | 5-week EQ-5D (on device) | |
6 weeks | Home visit | ||
8 weeks | Discharge home visit: | Discharge home visit: | |
8-week SGRQ (paper) | 8-week SGRQ (paper) | ||
Given materials for 6-month SGRQ | Given materials for 6-month SGRQ | ||
Given monthly EQ-5D and GP visit diaries | Given monthly EQ-5D and GP visit diaries | ||
Telehealth equipment removed | |||
Follow-up | 8 months (6 months after discharged from service) | Measurement of outcomes (postal return): | Measurement of outcomes (postal return): |
Completion of 6-month SGRQ | Completion of 6-month SGRQ | ||
Completion of monthly EQ-5D | Completion of monthly EQ-5D | ||
Completion of monthly GP record visit diaries | Completion of monthly GP record visit diaries |