Table 1.
Characteristics of the included reviews.
| First author (years) | Databases searched | Country | No. of RCTs (no. of patients) included | Quality assessment for RCT/non-RCT | Intervention (technology) | Control | Outcomes | Study type |
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| Youna et al, 2019 [16] | Ovid-Medline, Ovid-Embase, Cochrane Library | Korea | 27 (3645) | Cochrane criteria | Telemonitoring (pulmonologist contact, telephone call, web-based exercise program) | Usual care (education self-care, clinical care, home exercises) | Mortality, emergency room visits, hospitalization, outpatient visits, length of stay, quality of life (SGRQ). | SR and MA |
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| Yang et al, 2018 [17] | PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Embase | China | 6 (391) | Cochrane criteria | Mobile health applications (smartphones, networking/monitoring systems) | Usual care | Hospitalization, average days of hospitalization, exercise capacity, and activity levels | SR and MA |
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| Ah-Ram et al, 2018 [18] | Medline, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, CINAHL | Korea | 28 (2891) | Cochrane criteria | Telemonitoring (self-management and support program, telerehabilitation intervention, teleconsultation, telecare) | Usual care (face-to-face care or telephone consultation) | Mortality, exacerbation rate, quality of life (SGRQ) | SR and MA |
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| Deng et al, 2018 [19] | PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library | China | 10 (1037) | Cochrane criteria | Telephone support (web-based call, phone calls, self-management education) | Usual care (education session, ordinary care) | Exercise capacity (6WMD), quality of life (SGRQ) | MA |
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| McCabe et al, 2017 [20] | CENTRAL, Medline, Embase, CINAHL, AMED, PsycINFO | Ireland | 3 (557) | Cochrane criteria | Web 2.0-based interventions (PCs, apps, iPad, Android tablets, smart phones, Skype) | Usual care (face-to-face/hard copy/digital documentary educational/self-management support) | Hospitalization, exacerbation rate, quality of life (SGRQ), self-efficacy (COPD self-efficacy Scale), cost-effectiveness, exercise capacity (6MWD), lung function (FEV1, FEV1% predicted) anxiety and depression, sustained behavior change | SR and MA |
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| Pedone et al, 2015 [21] | PubMed | Italy | 12 (1129) | Cochrane criteria | Telemonitoring (web-based call center, video conference, home-telephone line, touch screen equipment) | Not report | Mortality, hospitalization, emergency room visits, quality of life (SGRQ), patients' satisfaction | SR |
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| Lundell et al, 2015 [22] | CENTRAL, PubMed, CINAHL, AMED, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Scopus, PEDro | Sweden | 9 (982) | Cochrane criteria | Tele-healthcare (phone calls, web-based call, phone reminders, Skype) | Usual care (optimized medication, ordinary healthcare contacts) | Physical activity level, physical capacity (6MWD), dyspnea | SR and MA |
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| McLean et al, 2011 [23] | CENTRAL, Medline, Embase, CINAHL, AMED, PsycINFO | UK | 12 (1004) | Cochrane criteria | Tele-healthcare (telephones, video cameras, internet to communicate with a nurse or doctor) | Usual care (universal health program, advice face-to-face, education and home visits, standard home healthcare) | Mortality, exacerbation rate, quality of life (SGRQ), emergency room visits, hospitalization, lung function (FEV1, FVC), patient satisfaction, study withdrawal, cost, cost-effectiveness | SR and MA |
SR: systematic review; MA: meta-analysis.