Telemedicine
Phone telemonitoring in heart failure
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Mobile telemonitoring improved heart-failure quality of life over six months with strong adherence.
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Among 100 participants, MLHFQ improved significantly only with telemonitoring; readings were completed ~5–6 days/week.
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Unblinded patient-reported outcomes and attention effects pull in the opposite direction from hard clinical events. Phone telemonitoring improved MLHFQ in a 100-person heart-failure trial that was not powered for hospitalisation or death, while Text4Heart's lifestyle gains were self-reported and LDL differences were only borderline.
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Unblinded patient-reported outcomes and attention effects pull in the opposite direction from hard clinical events. Phone telemonitoring improved MLHFQ in a 100-person heart-failure trial that was not powered for hospitalisation or death, while Text4Heart's lifestyle gains were self-reported and LDL differences were only borderline.
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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).
quality of life as measured with the MLHFQ significantly improved only for the telemonitoring group ( P = .02), including the physical ( P = .02) and emotional dimensions ( P = .03). A compa
Key findings
Among 100 participants, MLHFQ improved significantly only with telemonitoring; readings were completed ~5–6 days/week.
Methodology
Patients were randomised to mobile telemonitoring plus usual care versus standard care for six months.
Limitations
Single-centre n=100 limits hard-endpoint power; unblinded QoL may reflect attention.
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