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Table 2 Primary and secondary outcomes and related measures

From: Long-term integrated telerehabilitation of COPD Patients: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (iTrain)

Outcome

Measure

Primary outcome

 • Combined number of hospitalisations and ED presentations

• Incidence Density

Secondary outcomes

 • Hospitalisations

 • ED presentations

 • Mortality

 • Time free from first event

 • Health status

 • Quality of life

 • Anxiety and depression

 • Self-efficacy

 • Subjective impression of overall change

 • Physical performance

 • Level of physical activity

• Incidence Density

• Incidence Density

• Mortality rate

• Days to first hospitalisation or ED presentation

• COPD Assessment Test

• EQ-5D

• Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD)

• Generalised Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES)

• Patient global impression of change scale (PGIC)

• 6-min walking distance (6MWD)

• Daily number of steps, minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary time during 1-week

 • Cost-effectiveness

 • Experiences in telerehabilitation

• Cost-utility analysis (cost-per-QALY)

• Qualitative interviews with semi-structured questions