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The dynamics of self-care in the course of heart failure management: data from the IN TOUCH study

Author: Lycholip, E. Country/countries: Netherlands Number of patients participating in the study: 177 This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Education based intervention Intervention components: E
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Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Self-monitoring
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques Intervention components: E+MT
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Hospital admissions HF-related hospital readmissions N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A
Quality of life Quality of life N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 69.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 11.54) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: N/A 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
Hospital admissions - HF-related hospital readmissions
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Quality of life - Quality of life

Other publications associated with this study

The value of telemonitoring and ICT-guided disease management in heart failure: Results from the IN TOUCH study. Link: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.10.001. The value of INnovative ICT guided disease management combined with telemonitoring in OUtpatient clinics for Chronic Heart failure patients. Design and methodology of the IN TOUCH study: a multicenter randomised trial. Link: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-167.