Literature Review of Technology in Nursing

Wireless Patient Monitoring Solutions
Author’s Name
Institution

Moor, C. C., Wapenaar, M., Miedema, J. R., Geelhoed, J. J. M., Chandoesing, P. P., & Wijsenbeek, M. S. (2018). A home monitoring program including real-time wireless home spirometry in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A pilot study on experiences and barriers. Respiratory Research, 19doi:http://dx.doi.org.library.capella.edu/10.1186/s12931-018-0810-3
Introduction
The article by Moor, Wapenaar, Miedema, Geelhoed, Chandoesing, & Wijsenbeek, (2018) aims to show the feasibility of home monitoring for patients having idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) using a real-time wireless home spirometry. The study applied ten elderly participants under home monitoring for four weeks. At the end of the study, the real-time wireless home spirometry was found feasible due to its usefulness.
Type of the study conducted
The study was qualitative in nature. The study relied upon the symptoms recorded by the participants to collect its data.
Strengths and weaknesses of the study
This study has both strengths and weaknesses. The strength of the study is that it establishes the challenges and possible solutions while using applying real-time home spirometry. The second strength of this study is that it uses graphical representations for patient targets to discourage them from underperforming. Apart from the strengths, the study has several weaknesses. The first weakness is that the study uses few participants; the study uses ten participants to collect data hence indicating that the results might not be representative since the sample size is small.

The second weakness evidenced by this research is gender-bias. 90 percent of the respondents were male hence implying that the findings could be gender-prejudiced.
Quality of the study
The research is of high quality since a spirometry was conducted on the participants at the hospital before the study started and after the study was concluded. Therefore, the spirometry at the baseline and after the four weeks was used to validate the participants’ spirometry at home.
Usefulness of the findings for practice
The findings of this pilot study indicate that the real-time home spirometry is feasible. Therefore, it is possible to monitor the symptoms of IPF patients by applying wireless methods to provide quality care.
Conclusion
In finality, the study by Moor, Wapenaar, Miedema, Geelhoed, Chandoesing, and Wijsenbeek aims to ascertain the feasibility of real-time home spirometry. The study indicates that there are numerous wireless patient monitoring tools that care providers can incorporate to improve the quality of care provided.

Reference
Moor, C. C., Wapenaar, M., Miedema, J. R., Geelhoed, J. J. M., Chandoesing, P. P., & Wijsenbeek, M. S. (2018). A home monitoring program including real-time wireless home spirometry in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A pilot study on experiences and barriers. Respiratory Research, 19doi:http://dx.doi.org.library.capella.edu/10.1186/s12931-018-0810-3