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A randomized trial of home telemonitoring in a typical elderly heart failure population in North West London: results of the Home-HF study

Author: Dar, O. Country/countries: United Kingdom Number of patients participating in the study: 182 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: Home-care, Virtual location Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: 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: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Condition-specific behaviours, Device management, Early recognition of symptoms, Medication use and adherence, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital admissions N/A
Hospital admissions Hospital days (Lenght of stay) N/A
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 N/A
Quality of life Quality of life EuroQoL (EQ-5D-5L) - generic HRQoL
Value for money of the self-management intervention Value for money of the self-management intervention N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 72.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 12.0) 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 - All-cause hospital admissions
Hospital admissions - Hospital days (Lenght of stay)
Hospital admissions - HF-related hospital admissions
Hospital admissions - Emergency room/department visits
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Quality of life - Quality of life
Value for money of the self-management intervention - Value for money of the self-management intervention