The value of promoting “Internet Plus” home-based pulmonary rehabilitation for university staff with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- 1Department of Integrated Care Management Center, Wangjiang Hospital, Sichuan University , , ,
- 2Department of General Inpatient, Wangjiang Hospital, Sichuan University , , ,
Abstract
Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a non-pharmacological intervention for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). “Internet-Plus” technologies create opportunities for home-delivered PR to overcome barriers of center-based rehabilitation, yet real-world implementation evidence among university staff with COPD remains scarce. This mini review synthesizes six major “Internet-Plus” home-based PR modalities: short message service (SMS)/telephone follow-up, social media platforms, video conferencing telerehabilitation, wearable devices and Internet of things (IoT) systems, smartphone applications and virtual-reality-integrated rehabilitation. Available evidence indicates that telehealth PR yields comparable clinical outcomes to center PR in many studies, though considerable heterogeneity across trials leads to inconsistent conclusions regarding exercise capacity, quality of life and hospitalization endpoints. Notably, no interventional studies have delivered telehealth PR specifically for university staff with COPD. We conceptually propose that university staff with high digital literacy and structured occupational settings, constitute a promising target population for translational research in this domain. The review concludes with a conceptual framework for designing precise, intelligent home PR management within university communities.
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BibTeX
@article{wei2026value,
title = {{The value of promoting “Internet Plus” home-based pulmonary rehabilitation for university staff with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease}},
author = {Jia Wei and Haijun Zhang and Yiwei Wang and Qiaoli Su},
journal = {Frontiers in public health},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.3389/fpubh.2026.1976082},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13662792},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - The value of promoting “Internet Plus” home-based pulmonary rehabilitation for university staff with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
AU - Jia Wei
AU - Haijun Zhang
AU - Yiwei Wang
AU - Qiaoli Su
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/30
JO - Frontiers in public health
DO - 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1976082
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13662792
AB - Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a non-pharmacological intervention for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). “Internet-Plus” technologies create opportunities for home-delivered PR to overcome barriers of center-based rehabilitation, yet real-world implementation evidence among university staff with COPD remains scarce. This mini review synthesizes six major “Internet-Plus” home-based PR modalities: short message service (SMS)/telephone follow-up, social media platforms, video conferencing telerehabilitation, wearable devices and Internet of things (IoT) systems, smartphone applications and virtual-reality-integrated rehabilitation. Available evidence indicates that telehealth PR yields comparable clinical outcomes to center PR in many studies, though considerable heterogeneity across trials leads to inconsistent conclusions regarding exercise capacity, quality of life and hospitalization endpoints. Notably, no interventional studies have delivered telehealth PR specifically for university staff with COPD. We conceptually propose that university staff with high digital literacy and structured occupational settings, constitute a promising target population for translational research in this domain. The review concludes with a conceptual framework for designing precise, intelligent home PR management within university communities.
SN - 2296-2565
ER -