Digital habits of PR service-users: Implications for home-based interventionsduring the COVID-19 pandemic

摘要

Remote models of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) are vital with suspension of face-to-faceactivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. We surveyed digital access and behaviours and PRdelivery preferences of current PR service users. There was significant heterogeneity inaccess to and confidence in using the Internet with 31% having never previously accessedthe Internet, 48% confident using the Internet and 29% reporting no interest in accessingany component of PR through a Web-based app. These data have implications for the remotedelivery of PR during the COVID-19 pandemic and raise questions about the currentreadiness of service users to adopt Web-based delivered models of PR.