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In a way it was a relief thinking that I should ignore my own thoughts on getting a doctor or something like that. This organisation was going to get hold of a doctor if their readings showed I needed a doctor Ure 2012 |
…if we had antibiotics or steroids, we could start them and then see on the Monday morning, you know, to assess what we had Ure 2012 |
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I had one patient on the machine and he hasn’t been in hospital for a year…He accredits that to our service and the machine, and is petrified that when the trial ends that machine will be taken away from him, because it has become his lifeline…he’s become dependent and believes he should be getting phone calls on a regular basis (Health Professional) Fairbrother 2013 |
I’m okay at 87% (oxygen saturation) upwards and I never get better than 92. Even when I’m very well, I never get better than 92. But I go out and about and I do what I need to do and I manage it by walking Fairbrother 2013 |
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If they take out tomorrow…and I go back to, have to rewire the panic button up again, you know, and that type of thing, am I going to be calling the girls [nurses] out more, am I going to be in hospital more, am I going to go back to square one just because of that equipment Gale 2013 |
It’s made me more confident in myself because I know what’s happening. Well, before I didn’t, did I?. . .If I didn’t have that [telehealth], I wouldn’t know how low I was, I’d just carry on with a normal day, wouldn’t I? Now you’ve got that, it puts you aware of what’s happening Gale 2013 |
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… But there is not much to having it if it doesn’t go to some facility like it did to [home nurse]. So that she could keep track. Huniche 2013 |
Seeing my data on the web portal gives me a better understanding of how to exercise and interpret the development of my symptoms when I experience the onset of an exacerbation Dinesen 2013 |
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‘felt it was a waste of time’ ‘ they [respiratory nurses] tell me to do this when I’m not well and they [respiratory nurses] come and see me Williams 2014 |
It’s a presence in the home, it encourages me to do what I call breathing exercises Williams 2014 |
