Pernille Heyckendorff Lilholt
Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Morten Hasselstrøm Jensen
Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Ole Kristian Hejlesen
Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark/Department of Health and Nursing Science, University of Agder, Agder, Norway/Department of Computer Science, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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Published in: Scandinavian Conference on Health Informatics 2013; Copenhagen; Denmark; August 20; 2013
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 91:22, p. 93-93
Published: 2013-08-21
ISBN: 978-91-7519-518-6
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive lung disease in which the airways are damaged making natural breathing challenging. Many COPD patients experience acute events; exacerbations; characterized by significant worsening of lung function and symptoms for more than one day. COPD has a significant effect on mortality; health care costs and quality of life. TeleCare North is a large-scale; cluster randomized trial that will be implemented in 2013-2015 in the North Denmark Region. The project consists of a crosssectional design where the municipalities; general practitioners (GPs); the North Denmark Region and Aalborg University collaborate in the development of a telehealth solution (named Telekit) for COPD patients. The aim of this study was to usability test Telekit; so that COPD patients easily can access the solution and benefit from its functions.
