Phone telemonitoring in heart failure
Mobile telemonitoring improved heart-failure quality of life over six months with strong adherence.
Source
Mobile phone-based telemonitoring for heart failure management: a randomized controlled trial
Study at a glance
- Design
- RCT — Mobile telemonitoring plus usual care vs standard care for six months
- N
- N=100
- Population
- Adults with heart failure
- Outcome
- Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) quality of life
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Phone telemonitoring in heart failure
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100 patients participated.
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MLHFQ improved only for telemonitoring (P=.02).
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What they did
Patients were randomised to mobile telemonitoring plus usual care versus standard care for six months.
What they found
Among 100 participants, MLHFQ improved significantly only with telemonitoring; readings were completed ~5–6 days/week.
The limits
What it doesn't show
Single-centre n=100 limits hard-endpoint power; unblinded QoL may reflect attention.
Key terms
- Telemonitoring
- Remote measurements for review.
- MLHFQ
- HF quality-of-life scale.
- Self-care
- Day-to-day HF behaviours.
- Adherence
- Completing scheduled readings.
- Standard care
- Usual clinic follow-up.
- RCT
- Randomised controlled trial.
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N?
100.
QoL?
Improved only with telemonitoring.
Adherence?
5–6 days/week.
Duration?
Six months.
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