title: Interaction between COPD patients and healthcare professionals in a cross-sector tele-rehabilitation programme.
abstract: This paper explores how technology affects the interaction between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and healthcare professionals in a cross-sector tele-rehabilitation programme. The qualitative analysis has shown that a community of rehabilitation can be created despite the presence of long-distance technology. In the tele-rehabilitation programme, the interaction between the COPD patients at home and the healthcare professionals at the clinic has evolved with dialogue as the basis for mutual learning processes and new relationships. Managed properly, rehabilitation at a distance can be both effective and satisfying.
authors: Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark. bid@hst.aau.dk
authors: Birthe
authors: B
authors: Dinesen
authors: Stig Kjaer
authors: SK
authors: Andersen
authors: Ole
authors: O
authors: Hejlesen
authors: Egon
authors: E
authors: Toft
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy*; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000379:methods*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods