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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
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Clinical and psychological telemonitoring and telecare of high risk heart failure patients
Link:
10.1177/1357633X14555644
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
See more Setting of implementation: Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Early recognition of symptoms, Medication use and adherence
See more Setting of implementation: Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Early recognition of symptoms, Medication use and adherence
Components
Individual sessions
A single person receives the self-management support. Examples: self-guided actions (without the participation of any other person) during a clinical visit or within the context of a support or educational session
Face-to-face
Self-management support delivered in a face-to-face encounter between the providers and patients and/or caregivers.
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques
Intervention components: E+MT
See more 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
See more 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
Components
Education (E)
Monitoring techniques (MT)
Individual sessions
A single person receives the self-management support. Examples: self-guided actions (without the participation of any other person) during a clinical visit or within the context of a support or educational session
Face-to-face
Self-management support delivered in a face-to-face encounter between the providers and patients and/or caregivers.
Outcomes measured in the study
Outcome | Measure | Tool |
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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
Number of co-morbidities: N/A
Tool: 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 |
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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 |
Learn more about the intervention: Monitoring techniques
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Related cost-effectiveness analysis |
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Related contextual analysis |
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