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Clinical and psychological telemonitoring and telecare of high risk heart failure patients

Author: Villani, A. Country/countries: Italy Number of patients participating in the study: 80 This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Intervention components: UC
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Setting of implementation: Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Early recognition of symptoms, Medication use and adherence
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques Intervention components: E+MT
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Setting of implementation: Hospital care (hospitalized), Outpatient care (hospital), Virtual location Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians, Service Targeted self-management behaviours: Device management, Early recognition of symptoms, Medication use and adherence, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Adherence to medication or other treatment Adherence to medication Morisky Medication Adherence Scale-8 (MMAS-8),
Exercise capacity (including effort test) Exercise capacity New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class of chronic HF
Hospital admissions HF-related hospital admissions N/A
Hospital admissions Emergency room/department visits N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A
Quality of life Quality of life Perception of General Well-Being Inventory (PGWBI)

Patient characteristics

Age: 72.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 3.0) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: 3.01 (+/- a standard deviation of 0.45) Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: N/A

Level of health literacy: N/A
  • Tool: N/A

Socio-economic characteristics: N/A

Risk of Bias of this study

Outcome Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
Adherence to medication or other treatment - Adherence to medication
Exercise capacity (including effort test) - Exercise capacity
Hospital admissions - Emergency room/department visits
Hospital admissions - HF-related hospital admissions
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Quality of life - Quality of life