Matrix of the home-pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) components in the included studies
| Author, year [reference] | Exercise type | Edu | PR frequency; duration | Total sessions | Training, supervision and monitoring in the home-PR group | FEC | HRQoL | |||||
| AE | RT | Flex | RMT | <24 | 24–48 | ≥48 | ||||||
| Home-PR versus usual care (n=9) | ||||||||||||
| Ghanem, 2010 [53] | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | 2× per week; 8 weeks | X | ✓ | X | 1 inpatient training session, then unsupervised home exercise | S# | S# |
| Pradella, 2015 [63] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | 3× per week; 8 weeks | X | ✓ | X | Outpatient training (first week), then diary + weekly TC to encourage home exercises | S# | S# |
| Varas, 2018 [65] | ✓ | X | X | X | ✓ | 5× per week; 8 weeks | X | ✓ | X | 5 outpatient training sessions, then diary + pedometer + weekly TC | S# | S# |
| Singh, 2003 [64] | ✓ | X | X | X | X | 2× per day; 4 weeks | X | ✓ | X | Outpatient training sessions, then weekly supervision (mode not described) | ns# | S# |
| Boxall, 2005 [50] | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | Daily; 12 weeks | X | X | ✓ | Weekly home visits for 6 weeks + diary, then fortnightly home visits | ns# | ns# |
| Johnson-Warrington, 2016 [58] | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | 3× per week; 12 weeks | X | X | ✓ | 1 face-to-face introductory session and given manual, then fortnightly TC | ns | ns# |
| Liang, 2019 [59] | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | NR; 8 weeks | ✓ | X | X | 1 home visit, then weekly TC | ns | ns |
| Mendes de Oliveira, 2010 [52] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | 3× per week; 12 weeks | X | ✓ | X | 1 outpatient education + exercise training session, then diary + heart rate monitor + TC | NR | ns |
| Mohammadi, 2013 [61] | ✓ | X | X | X | ✓ | 3× per week; 8 weeks | X | ✓ | X | 3 inpatient training sessions, then manual + TC (alternate days) | NR | ns |
| Home-PR versus centre-PR (n=8) | ||||||||||||
| Pehlivan, 2020 [62] | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | 2–7× per week; 8 weeks | X | ✓ | X | Exercise sessions + daily walking + diary + manual Supervision NR | S | ns# |
| Chen, 2018 [51] | X | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | 3× per week; 12 weeks | X | ✓ | X | 1 outpatient education and training session, then home exercise + manual Supervision NR | ns# | ns# |
| Güell, 2008 [54] | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | 3× per week; 9 weeks | X | ✓ | X | 4 outpatient education and training sessions, then home exercise/walking sessions + pedometer Supervision NR | ns# | ns |
| Hansen, 2020 [55] | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | 3× per week; 10 weeks | X | ✓ | X | 3× per week exercise and education sessions, supervised by video-conference + diary | ns | ns |
| Holland, 2017 [56] | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | Most days; 8 weeks | X | X | ✓ | 1 home visit, then home exercise sessions supervised by weekly TC + diary + pedometer | ns | ns# |
| Horton, 2018 [57] | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | 3× per week; 7 weeks | X | ✓ | X | 1 outpatient training session, then home exercise supervised by TC (×2) + manual | ns | ns |
| Maltais, 2008 [60] | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | 3× per week; 8 weeks | X | ✓ | X | Outpatient education and training sessions, then home-based exercise + diary | ns | ns |
| Mendes de Oliveira, 2010 [52] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | 3× per week; 12 weeks | X | ✓ | X | 1 outpatient education + exercise training session, then diary + heart rate monitor + TC | ns# | NR |
AE: aerobic training; RT: resistance training; flex: flexibility training; RMT: respiratory muscle training; Edu: education; FEC: functional exercise capacity; HRQoL: health-related quality of life; S: significant between-group difference; TC: telephone call; ns: nonsignificant between-group difference; NR: not reported. #: improved above minimal clinically important difference.