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Effects of tailored telemonitoring on heart failure patients' knowledge, self-care, self-efficacy and adherence: a randomized controlled trial

Author: Boyne, J. J. Country/countries: Netherlands Number of patients participating in the study: 382 This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Plus Intervention components: UCP
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Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+MT+AB
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital), Virtual location Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Service Targeted self-management behaviours: Early recognition of symptoms, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Adherence to medication or other treatment Adherence to medication Dutch Heart Failure Knowledge Scale
Hospital admissions Hospital days (Lenght of stay) N/A
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital admissions N/A
Hospital admissions HF-related hospital admissions N/A
Hospital admissions Cardiovascular-related hospital admissions N/A
Knowledge Knowledge Dutch Heart Failure Knowledge Scale (DHFKS)
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A
Mortality Cardiovascular-related mortality N/A
Self-efficacy Self-efficacy European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale (EHFScBS-9)
Self-efficacy Self-efficacy Barnason Efficacy Expectation Scale( BEES-HF) 16 item or 15 item version

Patient characteristics

Age: 71.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 11.0) Gender: 156 females Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: N/A Multi-morbidity: Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)
  • 2.0 (+/- a standard deviation of 1.49)

  • 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
Hospital admissions - Hospital days (Lenght of stay)
Hospital admissions - HF-related hospital admissions
Hospital admissions - Cardiovascular-related hospital admissions
Knowledge - Knowledge
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Mortality - Cardiovascular-related mortality
Self-efficacy - Self-efficacy
Self-efficacy - Self-efficacy

Other publications associated with this study

Tailored telemonitoring in patients with heart failure: results of a multicentre randomized controlled trial Link: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs058 Telemonitoring in patients with heart failure, the TEHAF study: study protocol of an ongoing prospective randomised trial Link: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.05.017.