4. Remote monitoring plus usual care or remote monitoring alone: data not included in analyses.
| Outcome | Duration and effect estimate (95% CI) | Studies |
| Remote monitoring plus usual care vs usual care | ||
| Quality of life: CRDQ | 26 weeks: MD ‐1.00 (95% CI ‐13.47 to 11.47) 52 weeks: MD ‐5.00 (95% CI ‐16.71 to 6.71) |
1 study (Antoniades 2012) |
| Quality of life: CCQ* | 26 weeks: MD 0.17 (95% CI ‐0.20 to 0.54) | 1 study (Berkhof 2015) |
| Quality of life: EQ‐5D* | 26 weeks: MD 0.08 (95% CI ‐0.04 to 0.20) | 1 study (McDowell 2015) |
| Quality of life: SF‐36* | 26 weeks: MD ‐0.04 (95% CI ‐15.83 to 7.83) | 1 study (Antoniades 2012) |
| Quality of life: SF‐36* | 52 weeks: MD ‐0.04 (95% CI ‐16.15 to 8.15) | 1 study (Antoniades 2012) |
| Quality of life: SF‐36 mental composite* | Mean 46 weeks: MD 0.44 (95% CI ‐2.20 to 3.08) | 2 studies (Berkhof 2015; Vianello 2016) |
| Quality of life: SF‐36 physical composite* | Mean 46 years: MD ‐0.69 (95% CI ‐2.74 to 1.35) | 2 studies (Berkhof 2015; Vianello 2016) |
| Quality of life: SF‐36 general subscale* | Mean 46 weeks: MD 0.03 (95% CI ‐2.29 to 2.34) | 2 studies (Berkhof 2015; Vianello 2016) |
| Hospital admission: COPD‐related hospital admission | 52 weeks: rate ratio: 0.89 (95% CI 0.79 to 1.00) | 1 study (Vianello 2016) |
| Remote monitoring vs usual care | ||
| Quality of life: SF‐36 mental composite* | 52 weeks: MD 0.00 (95% CI ‐1.50 to 1.50) | 1 study (Udsen 2017) |
| Quality of life: EQ‐5D* | 17 weeks: MD 0.03 (95% CI ‐0.13 to 0.18) | 1 study (Jódar‐Sanchez 2013) |
| Anxiety/depression: Goldberg anxiety and depression subscales | 52 weeks: anxiety: MD ‐0.10 (95% CI ‐0.61 to 0.41) 52 weeks: depression: MD ‐0.40 (95% CI ‐1.02 to 0.22) |
1 study (Soriano 2018) |
| Quality of life: MLHFQ score* | 39 weeks: MD 0.80 (95% CI ‐3.27 to 4.87) | 1 study (Walker 2018) |
*Higher = better.
CCQ: Clinical Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Questionnaire; CI: confidence interval; CRDQ: Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire; EQ‐5D: EuroQoL 5 Dimensions Questionnaire; GIV: generic inverse variance; MD: mean difference; MLHFQ: Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire; SF‐36: Short Form 36 quality of life questionnaire.