@article {MoravejiPA5219, author = {Neema Moraveji and Richard Murray and Mark Holt and Joanne Hollenbach and Phil Golz and Maureen Crocker and Hadley White and Mark Phillips}, title = {Use of a clothing adherent respiratory sensor to continuously monitor COPD patients at home}, volume = {54}, number = {suppl 63}, elocation-id = {PA5219}, year = {2019}, doi = {10.1183/13993003.congress-2019.PA5219}, publisher = {European Respiratory Society}, abstract = {Monitoring respiratory parameters can help predict COPD exacerbations but sensor coverage is limited to parts of the day or home. Continuous respiratory monitoring is difficult to attain due to unwieldy and limited devices. A low-cost, long-lasting, clothing-adhered device has been designed and built, each of which is adhered to the inside of the patient{\textquoteright}s undergarments and does not require recharging.Objective: Evaluate the feasibility of remote recruitment of COPD patients with moderate to severe disease status through social media and evaluate adherence to said device.Materials and Methods: 30 subjects were asked to wear the sensor for 60 days as part of a clinical trial (target N=150; 9 months per patient). Recruitment is social media-based with a single nurse phone interview to verify eligibility. Each patient is asked to wear the sensor daily and to answer a weekly survey.Results: Recruitment and self-initiation with only minimal phone support is achievable. Once enrolled, adherence to wearable device is high: 97.2\% of the days enrolled and 84.4\% of the hours of days a sensor was worn. Figure 1 compares continuous 1-minute respiratory rate values of the cohort with healthy normals.Conclusion: Remote recruitment of moderate to severe COPD patients can be successful via social media and one phone call. The device provides for high adherence, continuous respiratory monitoring among this population.FootnotesCite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2019; 54: Suppl. 63, PA5219.This is an ERS International Congress abstract. No full-text version is available. Further material to accompany this abstract may be available at www.ers-education.org (ERS member access only).}, issn = {0903-1936}, URL = {https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/54/suppl_63/PA5219}, eprint = {https://erj.ersjournals.com/content}, journal = {European Respiratory Journal} }