TY - JOUR T1 - Clinical impact of the wireless remote management system of home oxygen therapy for elderly patients JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 44 IS - Suppl 58 SP - P4754 AU - Shinya Sugiyama AU - Satoshi Kasagi AU - Yuuki Togashi AU - Akahito Fujiwara AU - Mariko Yanagihara AU - Hideaki Nakayama AU - Yasuhiro Setoguchi Y1 - 2014/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P4754.abstract N2 - < Background >Home oxygen therapy(HOT) has expanded because of the coverage under the public health insurance program in Japan since 1985. There are cases where compliance of oxygen inhalation time and oxygen flow rate as prescribed doctor side is not avoided in the device scurrently available HOT. In particular, increasing elderly population gives rise to the socio-clinical problem whether elderly patients can operate the system of home oxygen . To circumvent this problem, wireless remote management system of HOT has been developed. Therefore, more research on the validity and reliability of the new device is necessary.< Aim and Objects > It was aimed to verify that it can use the new device of ease for elderly patients, irrespective of age or cognitive impairment. We assessed the patients.< Methods > We measured the Operation Score by using the new device named Pallet's (HOSHI IRYO-SANKI CO., LTD. Tokyo, Japan). We investigated the efficacy of new device by examining the relevance patient characteristics, cognitive function test (MMSE), the Operation Score .< Results > Among diagnosed patients, 78.4 % were male , the mean age was 73.7 ± 6.2 years. Finally data about 37 patient s were assessed and among them 11 (29.7%) had COPD and 10 (27.0%) had IP. Operation Score significantly correlated with MMSE in all cases ( r=0.7626 , p<0.001) , but did not correlate with age. Operation Score significantly negative correlated with age in over 75 years old patients ( r=0.5391 , p<0.001) .< Conclusions > It was suggested that the usability of Pallet's is related to the degree of cognitive impairment than age , and considered a sufficient guidance for use in the elderly is required . ER -