Open AccessDigital habits of PR service-users: Implications for home-based interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Oliver Polgar,
Maha Aljishi,
Ruth E Barker,
Suhani Patel,
Jessica A. Walsh,
Samantha S.C. Kon,
William DC Man,
Claire M. Nolan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chronic respiratory disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.929
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1479-9731
pISSN - 1479-9723
DOI - 10.1177/1479973120936685
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , the internet , covid-19 , psychological intervention , telemedicine , internet privacy , service delivery framework , service (business) , web application , medical emergency , world wide web , nursing , business , computer science , marketing , pathology , health care , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth
Remote models of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) are vital with suspension of face-to-face activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. We surveyed digital access and behaviours and PR delivery preferences of current PR service users. There was significant heterogeneity in access to and confidence in using the Internet with 31% having never previously accessed the Internet, 48% confident using the Internet and 29% reporting no interest in accessing any component of PR through a Web-based app. These data have implications for the remote delivery of PR during the COVID-19 pandemic and raise questions about the current readiness of service users to adopt Web-based delivered models of PR.
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