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Telerehabilitation for patients with atrial fibrillation enhances sense of security

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New article: Together with an interdisciplinary research team, we have published a qualitative study on the perspectives of patients with atrial fibrillation.

Abstract

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a prevalent chronic condition with increasing incidence worldwide. The program “Future Patient—Telerehabilitation of Patients with AF” (FP-AF) was created to assess the effects and potential benefits of cardiac telerehabilitation on patients with AF.

Objective: The objective of this study was to explore the experiences of patients participating in the FP-AF program.

Methods: This qualitative sub-study is part of the multicenter, randomized controlled FP-AF trial, which included 208 patients. Semi-structured interviews were conducted on 14 patients, randomly selected from participants in the intervention arm of the FP-AF program. The patient interviews, guided by self-determination theory, focused on patients’ experiences with the FP-AF program, including the use of telerehabilitation technologies and a web-based portal called the “HeartPortal.”

Results: The following themes were identified: the home monitoring devices are viewed positively by the patients; the HeartPortal is a useful digital toolbox; patients develop new coping strategies for living with AF; the measured values are useful for the patients; the community of practice is beneficial; and the FP-AF program creates a sense of security.

Conclusions: Participation in the FP-AF program enhanced patients’ sense of security, empowerment, and knowledge about AF. This improvement was due largely to a combination of patients’ use of the HeartPortal and the educational sessions at health care centers. Telerehabilitation for patients with AF may be a useful way of researching this group of patients with a focus on rehabilitation and may be an effective means of offering rehabilitation to this group in the future.

The study has been funded by the Danish Heart Association.

You can find the published article through this link.

Publicering af artikel om FP-AF

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Vi har nu fået publiceret en artikel om forskningsmetoden for projektet Future Patient – Telerehabilitering af patienter med atrieflimren:

Future Patient—Telerehabilitation of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Protocol for a Multicenter, Mixed Methods, Randomized Controlled Trial

Formålet med studiet er, at udforske om telerehabilitering giver en bedre livskvalitet og sygdomsforståelse hos borgere med atrieflimren og deres pårørende. Vi har gennemført et randomiseret forsøg med 208 patienter med atrieflimren.

Du kan læse mere om projektet her – det er støttet af Hjerteforeningen.

International demensdag og forskning med LOVOT

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LOVOTs

I anledning af den internationale demensdag er professor Birthe Dinesen blevet interviewet af dagbladet: “Asahi Shinbun News Paper” fra Tokyo i Japan om vores forskning i brugen af sociale robotter til borgere med demens. Det blev til en fin artikel, så hvis du vil træne dit japanske, så klik på dette link.

Resultater fra vores forskning er publiceret her:
Dinesen B, Hansen HK, Grønborg GB, Dyrvig AK, Leisted SD, Stenstrup H, Skov Schacksen C, Oestergaard C.
Use of a Social Robot (LOVOT) for Persons With Dementia: Exploratory Study.
JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol 2022;9(3):e36505

COPD patients and telerehabilitation

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Today the online newspaper “Avisen Danmark” has an article on results from the research study iTrain focusing on tele-rehabilitation of COPD patients in their own homes over a two-year period.

The study was carried out simultaneously in Denmark, Norway and Australia. The objective was to compare three types of rehabilitation for patients with COPD in the three countries.
In Denmark, the study was conducted as a collaboration between the Esbjerg Health Center, the Pulmonary Medicine Department of Southwest Jutland Hospital and Aalborg University.

The research project was headed by professor Paolo Zanaboni, Norwegian Center for e-Health research, Norway, professor Anne Holland, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and professor Birthe Dinesen, Aalborg University. The study was financed by the Norwegian Research Council.

Read the article in Danish at Avisen Denmark.

Dagens Medicin: Artikel om Future Patient AFli

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Artikel i Dagens Medicin 18. april 2023:

Storstilet projekt sætter som de første fokus på ‘forsømte’ hjertepatienter

Selvom de udgør ti pct. af alle indlagte på landets hjerteafdelinger, er patienter med atrieflimren ‘oversete’. Det er et storstilet projekt på tværs af kommuner og hospitaler i gang med at lave om på.

Læs artiklen på Dagens Medicin – eller via VBN.

Telerehabilitation of COPD patients reduces hospital admissions

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Long-term unsupervised exercise training at home is an effective treatment strategy which can reduce hospital readmissions for patients with COPD, similarly to the effect of a supervised telerehabilitation strategy. These interventions have the potential to improve uptake and access to pulmonary rehabilitation and support long-term exercise maintenance strategies. Unsupervised training at home could be offered to patients with COPD who do not access PR or maintenance programs. Telerehabilitation may be useful for patients who are unsuitable for unsupervised training and need a closer follow-up.

We have had our results published in the well estimated journal: ”American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine”. You can read the paper here.

You can read more about the project here.

The project is a collaboration between Denmark, Norway and Australia. In Denmark the Pulmonary ward of Esbjerg Hospital and Esbjerg Healthcare Center has participated in the clinical part of the study. The Norwegian Research Council of Norway has financed the study.

Knæk Cancer: Kontakt via computeren giver tryghed og god kommunikation

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“Carl Erik Lorenz Arnum og Lisbeth Dyrvig har været med til at afprøve den nye digitale platform TelePal, der er udviklet til palliative patienter. Platformen er endnu på forsøgsplanet, men sikrer en god kontakt mellem patienter, pårørende og det palliative team.”

Læs hele artiklen hos Kræftens Bekæmpelse

Arbejdet er støttet af Knæk Cancer.

Du kan læse mere om TelePal-projektet her.

Results from LOVOT study published

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Results from study with persons with dementia and the social robot LOVOT has been published in the international journal: JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies.

LOVOTs

The conclusion of the study is:

  • The LOVOT robot is the next generation of social robots with advanced artificial intelligence.
  • The vast majority of persons with dementia accepted the social robot LOVOT.
  • LOVOT had positive effects, opened up communication, and facilitated interpersonal interaction.
  • Although LOVOT did not create noticeable effects on social well-being, it gave individual persons a respite from everyday life.
  • Some residents were overstimulated by emotions after interacting with LOVOT.
  • Health care professionals accepted the social robot and view LOVOT as a new tool in the work with persons with dementia.

Read the full article: “Use of a Social Robot (LOVOT) for Persons With Dementia: Exploratory Study“.