Understanding Delivery and Engagement With a Digital Self-Management Intervention for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Across Two Clinical Settings: Qualitative Study
Martin Ruddock, Alison Blythin, Bethany Cliffe, Lucy Yardley, James Dodd, Rachel Williams, Katherine Bradbury, Tom Wilkinson, Ben Ainsworth, Stephanie Law · 2026
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Martin Ruddock leads a team asking why the same digital lung care app lands so differently in two British health settings. The myCOPD app helps patients manage chronic lung disease at home, yet little was known about how staff delivery shapes use. Thirty interviews, sixteen patients and fourteen professionals, spanned a community rehabilitation service and a hospital discharge team. Records and app usage data rounded out the picture.
Community teams coached patients actively over time, and patients there used more of the app for longer. Hospital teams, pressed by discharge demands, mostly handed the app over once, and use stayed brief and narrow. Illness load, digital confidence, and money worries layered on top. Ruddock and the team urge delivery plans matched to local staffing and patient realities.
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| CREATOR | Martin Ruddock, Alison Blythin, Bethany Cliffe, Lucy Yardley, James Dodd, Rachel Williams, Katherine Bradbury, Tom Wilkinson, Ben Ainsworth, Stephanie Law |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |