Özet:

Lung diseases bring a huge burden on the health and social systems of countries. These diseases are the most common causes of morbidity and mortality. Chronic respiratory diseases take third place as the cause of death worldwide. People with chronic lung disease have dyspnea limiting the functional capacity, lower exercise tolerance, decrease in health-related quality of life, need for repeated hospitalization, higher prevalence of anxiety, and depression. The negative social and economic effects of chronic lung diseases are felt to a large extent by individuals, families, and communities, and these effects are expected to increase significantly in the future. Pulmonary rehabilitation is a proven and effective strategy to achieve clinically significant gains on functional capacity, symptoms and quality of life. Pulmonary rehabilitation should include an individually adapted exercise program, disease-specific training, and self-management skills. Although there is evidence for the benefit of pulmonary rehabilitation, very few people can be included in the rehabilitation program. With new pulmonary rehabilitation implementation strategies such as telerehabilitation, barriers to participation in center-based programs are reduced for people with chronic lung disease, while appropriate and equal access to services is provided. In addition to exercise training, telerehabilitation models may include other components of pulmonary rehabilitation, such as self-management training, disease management training, patient assessment, goal setting, monitoring of physiological signals, and peer support. Telerehabilitation allows more people to experience the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in people with lung disease to achieve greater participation, sustainable funds should be taken into consideration in telerehabilitation models. This review aims to examine the importance and effectiveness of telerehabilitation in the treatment of pulmonary diseases in the light of the relevant literature.

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