Study (country) | Study period (Design) | Number of centres | Number of participants | Follow-up | HBPR intervention supervision |
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HBPR vs ‘usual care’ | |||||
 Lahham 2020 (Australia) [10] | Apr 2015- Nov 2017 (RCT) | Multiple centres | HBPR: 29 Usual care: 29 | 6 months | • Weekly phone calls with physiotherapist • Unsupervised home exercise training |
 Coultas 2018 (USA) [11] | Apr 2010- Apr 2014 (RCT) | Single centre | HBPR: 149 Usual care: 156 | 18 months | • Weekly telephone calls • Supervision not specified |
 Li 2018 (China) [14] | Jun 2014- Apr 2016 (RCT | Single centre | HBPR: 82 Usual care: 69 | 12 months | • Bi-weekly home visits for 2 months • Monthly home visit and weekly telephone calls for 4 months • Weekly telephone calls for 6 months • Unsupervised home exercise once per week (Supervised bi-weekly for first two months) • Unsupervised respiratory training three times per week |
 Khoshkesht 2015 (Iran) [15] | Dec 2010- Feb 2011 (RCT) | Single centre | HBPR: 35 Usual care: 35 | 7 weeks | • Weekly telephone calls with nurses Unsupervised home exercise training and breathing exercises |
 Pradella 2015 (Brazil) [16] | NR (RCT) | Single centre | HBPR: 32 Usual care: 18 | 8 weeks | • Weekly telephone call with nurse • Unsupervised exercise training |
 De Sousa Pinto 2014 (Spain) [17] | Oct 2009- Jun 2011 (RCT) | Single centre | HBPR: 29 Usual care: 21 | 12 weeks | • Weekly telephone calls • Supervised exercise twice per week for two weeks followed by twice per month • Unsupervised exercise weekly (frequency not specified) |
 Liu 2013 (China) [18] | Dec 2009- Oct 2011 (RCT) | Single centre | HBPR: 30 Usual care: 30 | 4 months | • Online program with system monitored program participation • Nurses contacted patients by telephone if they were not regularly logging into the system |
 Mendes de Oliveira 2010 (Brazil) [19] | Jan 2007- May 2009 (RCT) | Single centre | HBPR: 42 Usual care: 29 | 12 weeks | • Weekly telephone calls from health care provider • Home exercise program three times per week for 12 weeks (supervision not specified) |
 Moore 2009 (UK) [20] | NR (RCT) | Single centre | HBPR: 14 Usual care: 13 | Mean ± SD HBPR: 8 ± 3 weeks Usual care: 7 ± 1 weeks | • Supervision not specified |
 Lalmolda 2017 (Spain) [22] | Jan 2011- NR Cohort study | Multiple centres | HBPR: 21 Usual care: 29 | 12 months | • Supervised program delivered by physiotherapist for one hour twice a week for 8 weeks |
HBPR vs OPR | |||||
 Horton 2018 (UK) [21] | Nov 2007- Jul 2012 (RCT) | Single centre | HBPR: 145 OPR: 142 | 6 months | • Telephone calls during week two and week four • Unsupervised exercise program |
 Holland 2017 (Australia) [12] | Oct 2011- May 2015 (RCT) | Multiple centres | HBPR: 80 OPR: 86 | 12 months | • Weekly phone calls with physiotherapist • Unsupervised home exercise training |
 Mendes de Oliveira 2010 (Brazil) [19] | Jan 2007- May 2009 (RCT) | Single centre | HBPR: 42 OPR: 46 | 12 weeks | • Weekly telephone calls from health care provider • Home exercise program three times per week for twelve weeks (supervision not specified) |
 Nolan 2019 (UK) [23] | 2012–2015 (Cohort study) | Single centre | HBPR: 154 OPR: 154 | 8 weeks | • Weekly telephone calls with physiotherapist • Unsupervised exercise training |
 Chaplin 2017 (UK) [13] | May 2013- Jul 2015 (RCT) | Multiple centres | HBPR: 51 OPR: 52 | Mean ± SD HBPR: 11 ± 4 weeks OPR: NR | • Patients were contacted by a rehabilitation specialist weekly by email or telephone • Supervision not specified |