Hansen 2017.

Study name	COPD Online Rehabilitation (CORe) ‐ a Randomized, Multicenter Telemedicine Intervention Study
Methods	Multi‐centre (8 hospitals) RCT to compare the effects of supervised COPD online rehabilitation in groups, as delivered by health professionals in the patients’ own home via a computer, for patients with severe and very severe COPD with conventional supervised COPD rehabilitation programme Follow‐up duration: 12 months
Participants	Patients with severe and very severe (stage III or IV) COPD identified and recruited by respiratory nurses during outpatient COPD control visits at a respiratory and physiotherapy department
Interventions	Supervised online COPD rehabilitation, delivered in groups through a computer screen in the patient's own home. Rehabilitation contains exercise training and educational sessions 3 times per week for a duration of 10 weeks. Each session lasts 60 minutes (60% exercise, 40% education)
Outcomes	6MWD, 30 s sit‐to‐stand test, EQ‐5D, CCQ, CAT, lung function, HADS, hospitalisation, exacerbation, mortality
Starting date	March 2016 ; actual completion date: 31 December 2019
Contact information	Henrik.hansen.09@regionh.dk
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