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Impact of telemonitoring at home on the management of elderly patients with congestive heart failure

Author: Antonicelli, R. Country/countries: Italy Number of patients participating in the study: 57 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: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Medication use and adherence
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques delivered remotely without provision of educational information Intervention components: MT+R
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: CFH team Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific 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 N/A
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital admissions N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A
Quality of life Quality of life Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36)
Quality of life Quality of life N/A
Quality of life Quality of life N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 78.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 7.0) Gender: 22 females 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
Adherence to medication or other treatment - Adherence to medication
Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital admissions
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life

Other publications associated with this study

Impact of home patient telemonitoring on use of beta-blockers in congestive heart failure Link: 10.2165/11538210-000000000-00000