title: Home spirometry: Assessment of patient compliance and satisfaction and its impact on early diagnosis of pulmonary symptoms in post-lung transplantation patients.
abstract: Telemedicine is useful in monitoring patients, and in particular those, such as lung transplant recipients, suffering from chronic illnesses. This prospective cohort study was conducted on 15 lung transplant recipients. The patients provided physicians with data from spirometry as well as their clinical respiratory symptoms via SMS messages. In cases where spirometry results or clinical symptoms required follow-up, the monitoring physician contacted the patient according to guidelines and gave appropriate instructions. Qualitative assessment of satisfaction showed that the sense of increased support from medical staff was rated highest (92.9%). Telespirometry is an efficient method of monitoring lung transplant recipients which leads to patient satisfaction, compliance, adherence to study and sense of security. Nevertheless, for optimal implementation of this method, thorough training of both medical staff and patients is required.
authors.affiliation: Telemedicine Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Lida
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fadaizadeh
authors.affiliation: Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Katayoun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Najafizadeh
authors.affiliation: Telemedicine Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran eli.shajareh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shajareh
authors.affiliation: Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Shadi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shafaghi
authors.affiliation: Telemedicine Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahsa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hosseini
authors.affiliation: Tobacco Prevention and Control Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Gholamreza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heydari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods*; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013147:Spirometry / Q000379:methods*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D060145:Text Messaging
keywords: Telemedicine; home spirometry; lung transplantation; patient adherence; telespirometry