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Auener SL, van Dulmen SA, Atsma F, van der Galiën O, Bellersen L, van Kimmenade R, Westert GP, Jeurissen PPT. Characteristics Associated With Telemonitoring Use Among Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: Retrospective Cohort Study. J Med Internet Res 2023; 25:e43038. [PMID: 37851505 PMCID: PMC10620630 DOI: 10.2196/43038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic heart failure (HF) is a chronic disease affecting more than 64 million people worldwide, with an increasing prevalence and a high burden on individual patients and society. Telemonitoring may be able to mitigate some of this burden by increasing self-management and preventing use of the health care system. However, it is unknown to what degree telemonitoring has been adopted by hospitals and if the use of telemonitoring is associated with certain patient characteristics. Insight into the dissemination of this technology among hospitals and patients may inform strategies for further adoption. OBJECTIVE We aimed to explore the use of telemonitoring among hospitals in the Netherlands and to identify patient characteristics associated with the use of telemonitoring for HF. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study based on routinely collected health care claim data in the Netherlands. Descriptive analyses were used to gain insight in the adoption of telemonitoring for HF among hospitals in 2019. We used logistic multiple regression analyses to explore the associations between patient characteristics and telemonitoring use. RESULTS Less than half (31/84, 37%) of all included hospitals had claims for telemonitoring, and 20% (17/84) of hospitals had more than 10 patients with telemonitoring claims. Within these 17 hospitals, a total of 7040 patients were treated for HF in 2019, of whom 5.8% (409/7040) incurred a telemonitoring claim. Odds ratios (ORs) for using telemonitoring were higher for male patients (adjusted OR 1.90, 95% CI 1.50-2.41) and patients with previous hospital treatment for HF (adjusted OR 1.76, 95% CI 1.39-2.24). ORs were lower for higher age categories and were lowest for the highest age category, that is, patients older than 80 years (OR 0.30, 95% CI 0.21-0.44) compared to the reference age category (18-59 years). Socioeconomic status, degree of multimorbidity, and excessive polypharmacy were not associated with the use of telemonitoring. CONCLUSIONS The use of reimbursed telemonitoring for HF was limited up to 2019, and our results suggest that large variation exists among hospitals. A lack of adoption is therefore not only due to a lack of diffusion among hospitals but also due to a lack of scaling up within hospitals that already deploy telemonitoring. Future studies should therefore focus on both kinds of adoption and how to facilitate these processes. Older patients, female patients, and patients with no previous hospital treatment for HF were less likely to use telemonitoring for HF. This shows that some patient groups are not served as much by telemonitoring as other patient groups. The underlying mechanism of the reported associations should be identified in order to gain a deeper understanding of telemonitoring use among different patient groups.
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- Stefan L Auener
- IQ Healthcare, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- IQ Healthcare, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- IQ Healthcare, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- IQ Healthcare, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- IQ Healthcare, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Thompson JA, Hersch D, Miner MH, Melnik TE, Adam P. Remote Patient Monitoring for COVID-19: A Retrospective Study on Health Care Utilization. Telemed J E Health 2023; 29:1179-1185. [PMID: 36706034 PMCID: PMC10440676 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2022.0299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Introduction: Data are limited on the effectiveness of remote patient monitoring (RPM) for acute illnesses, including COVID-19. We conducted a study to determine if enrollment in a COVID-19 RPM program was associated with better outcomes. Methods: From March through September 2020, patients with respiratory symptoms and presumptive COVID-19 were referred to the health system's COVID-19 RPM program. We conducted a retrospective cohort study comparing outcomes for patients enrolled in the RPM (n = 4,435) with those who declined enrollment (n = 2,742). Primary outcomes were emergency room, hospital, and intensive care unit admissions, and death. We used logistic regression to adjust for demographic differences and known risk factors for severe COVID-19. Results: Patients enrolled in the RPM were less likely to have risk factors for severe COVID-19. There was a significant decrease in the odds of death for the group enrolled in the RPM (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 0.50; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.30-0.83) and a nonsignificant decrease in the odds of the other primary outcomes. Increased number of interactions with the RPM significantly decreased the odds of hospital admission (OR = 0.92; 95% CI, 0.88-0.95). Conclusions: COVID-19 RPM enrollment was associated with decreased odds of death, and the more patients interacted with the RPM, the less likely they were to require hospital admission. RPM is a promising tool that has the potential to improve patient outcomes for acute illness, but controlled trials are necessary to confirm these findings.
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- Joshua A. Thompson
- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Program in Human Sexuality, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Martín Sánchez RÁ, Laguna Calle V, Méndez Bailón M. [Telemedicine in hearth failure during the COVID-19 pandemic]. Med Clin (Barc) 2023; 160:90-91. [PMID: 36244858 PMCID: PMC9500092 DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2022.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Martín Sánchez RÁ, Laguna Calle V, Méndez Bailón M. Telemedicine in heart failure during the COVID-19 pandemic. MEDICINA CLINICA (ENGLISH ED.) 2023; 160:90-91. [PMID: 36597472 PMCID: PMC9801181 DOI: 10.1016/j.medcle.2022.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Chan A, Cohen R, Robinson KM, Bhardwaj D, Gregson G, Jutai JW, Millar J, Ríos Rincón A, Roshan Fekr A. Evidence and User Considerations of Home Health Monitoring for Older Adults: Scoping Review. JMIR Aging 2022; 5:e40079. [PMID: 36441572 DOI: 10.2196/40079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Home health monitoring shows promise in improving health outcomes; however, navigating the literature remains challenging given the breadth of evidence. There is a need to summarize the effectiveness of monitoring across health domains and identify gaps in the literature. In addition, ethical and user-centered frameworks are important to maximize the acceptability of health monitoring technologies. OBJECTIVE This review aimed to summarize the clinical evidence on home-based health monitoring through a scoping review and outline ethical and user concerns and discuss the challenges of the current user-oriented conceptual frameworks. METHODS A total of 2 literature reviews were conducted. We conducted a scoping review of systematic reviews in Scopus, MEDLINE, Embase, and CINAHL in July 2021. We included reviews examining the effectiveness of home-based health monitoring in older adults. The exclusion criteria included reviews with no clinical outcomes and lack of monitoring interventions (mobile health, telephone, video interventions, virtual reality, and robots). We conducted a quality assessment using the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR-2). We organized the outcomes by disease and summarized the type of outcomes as positive, inconclusive, or negative. Second, we conducted a literature review including both systematic reviews and original articles to identify ethical concerns and user-centered frameworks for smart home technology. The search was halted after saturation of the basic themes presented. RESULTS The scoping review found 822 systematic reviews, of which 94 (11%) were included and of those, 23 (24%) were of medium or high quality. Of these 23 studies, monitoring for heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease reduced exacerbations (4/7, 57%) and hospitalizations (5/6, 83%); improved hemoglobin A1c (1/2, 50%); improved safety for older adults at home and detected changing cognitive status (2/3, 66%) reviews; and improved physical activity, motor control in stroke, and pain in arthritis in (3/3, 100%) rehabilitation studies. The second literature review on ethics and user-centered frameworks found 19 papers focused on ethical concerns, with privacy (12/19, 63%), autonomy (12/19, 63%), and control (10/19, 53%) being the most common. An additional 7 user-centered frameworks were studied. CONCLUSIONS Home health monitoring can improve health outcomes in heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and diabetes and increase physical activity, although review quality and consistency were limited. Long-term generalized monitoring has the least amount of evidence and requires further study. The concept of trade-offs between technology usefulness and acceptability is critical to consider, as older adults have a hierarchy of concerns. Implementing user-oriented frameworks can allow long-term and larger studies to be conducted to improve the evidence base for monitoring and increase the receptiveness of clinicians, policy makers, and end users.
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- Andrew Chan
- Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Innovation and Technology Hub, Glenrose Rehabilitation Research, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Engineering Design and Teaching Innovation, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Innovation and Technology Hub, Glenrose Rehabilitation Research, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,LIFE Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- School of Engineering Design and Teaching Innovation, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Innovation and Technology Hub, Glenrose Rehabilitation Research, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Zhang Y, Leuk JSP, Teo WP. Domains, feasibility, effectiveness, cost, and acceptability of telehealth in aging care: a scoping review of systematic reviews (Preprint). JMIR Aging 2022; 6:e40460. [PMID: 37071459 PMCID: PMC10155091 DOI: 10.2196/40460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Aging is becoming a major global challenge. Compared with younger adults, the older population has greater health needs but faces inadequate access to appropriate, affordable, and high-quality health care. Telehealth can remove geographic and time boundaries, as well as enabling socially isolated and physically homebound people to access a wider range of care options. The impacts of different telehealth interventions in terms of their effectiveness, cost, and acceptability in aging care are still unclear. OBJECTIVE This scoping review of systematic reviews aimed to provide an overview of the domains of telehealth implemented in aging care; synthesize evidence of telehealth's feasibility, effectiveness, cost benefits, and acceptability in the context of aging care; identify gaps in the literature; and determine the priorities for future research. METHODS Guided by the methodological framework of the Joanna Briggs Institute, we reviewed systematic reviews concerning all types of telehealth interventions involving direct communication between older users and health care providers. In total, 5 major electronic databases, PubMed, Embase (Ovid), Cochrane Library, CINAHL, and PsycINFO (EBSCO), were searched on September 16, 2021, and an updated search was performed on April 28, 2022, across the same databases as well as the first 10 pages of the Google search. RESULTS A total of 29 systematic reviews, including 1 post hoc subanalysis of a previously published large Cochrane systematic review with meta-analysis, were included. Telehealth has been adopted in various domains in aging care, such as cardiovascular diseases, mental health, cognitive impairment, prefrailty and frailty, chronic diseases, and oral health, and it seems to be a promising, feasible, effective, cost-effective, and acceptable alternative to usual care in selected domains. However, it should be noted that the generalizability of the results might be limited, and further studies with larger sample sizes, more rigorous designs, adequate reporting, and more consistently defined outcomes and methodologies are needed. The factors affecting telehealth use among older adults have been categorized into individual, interpersonal, technological, system, and policy levels, which could help direct collaborative efforts toward improving the security, accessibility, and affordability of telehealth as well as better prepare the older population for digital inclusion. CONCLUSIONS Although telehealth remains in its infancy and there is a lack of high-quality studies to rigorously prove the feasibility, effectiveness, cost benefit, and acceptability of telehealth, mounting evidence has indicated that it could play a promising complementary role in the care of the aging population.
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- Yichi Zhang
- Physical Education and Sports Science Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- Ageing Research Institute for Society and Education, Interdisciplinary Graduate Programme, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Physical Education and Sports Science Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Physical Education and Sports Science Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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Kunonga TP, Spiers GF, Beyer FR, Hanratty B, Boulton E, Hall A, Bower P, Todd C, Craig D. Effects of Digital Technologies on Older People's Access to Health and Social Care: Umbrella Review. J Med Internet Res 2021; 23:e25887. [PMID: 34821564 PMCID: PMC8663708 DOI: 10.2196/25887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic prompted the rapid implementation of new and existing digital technologies to facilitate access to health and care services during physical distancing. Older people may be disadvantaged in that regard if they are unable to use or have access to smartphones, tablets, computers, or other technologies. Objective In this study, we synthesized evidence on the impact of digital technologies on older adults’ access to health and social services. Methods We conducted an umbrella review of systematic reviews published from January 2000 to October 2019 using comprehensive searches of 6 databases. We looked for reviews in a population of adults aged ≥65 years in any setting, reporting outcomes related to the impact of technologies on access to health and social care services. Results A total of 7 systematic reviews met the inclusion criteria, providing data from 77 randomized controlled trials and 50 observational studies. All of them synthesized findings from low-quality primary studies, 2 of which used robust review methods. Most of the reviews focused on digital technologies to facilitate remote delivery of care, including consultations and therapy. No studies examined technologies used for first contact access to care, such as online appointment scheduling. Overall, we found no reviews of technology to facilitate first contact access to health and social care such as online appointment booking systems for older populations. Conclusions The impact of digital technologies on equitable access to services for older people is unclear. Research is urgently needed in order to understand the positive and negative consequences of digital technologies on health care access and to identify the groups most vulnerable to exclusion.
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- Tafadzwa Patience Kunonga
- National Institute for Health Research Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- National Institute for Health Research Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- National Institute for Health Research Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- National Institute for Health Research Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- National Institute for Health Research Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- National Institute for Health Research Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- National Institute for Health Research Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- National Institute for Health Research Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- National Institute for Health Research Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Faragli A, Abawi D, Quinn C, Cvetkovic M, Schlabs T, Tahirovic E, Düngen HD, Pieske B, Kelle S, Edelmann F, Alogna A. The role of non-invasive devices for the telemonitoring of heart failure patients. Heart Fail Rev 2021; 26:1063-1080. [PMID: 32338334 PMCID: PMC8310471 DOI: 10.1007/s10741-020-09963-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Heart failure (HF) patients represent one of the most prevalent as well as one of the most fragile population encountered in the cardiology and internal medicine departments nowadays. Estimated to account for around 26 million people worldwide, diagnosed patients present a poor prognosis and quality of life with a clinical history accompanied by repeated hospital admissions caused by an exacerbation of their chronic condition. The frequent hospitalizations and the extended hospital stays mean an extremely high economic burden for healthcare institutions. Meanwhile, the number of chronically diseased and elderly patients is continuously rising, and a lack of specialized physicians is evident. To cope with this health emergency, more efficient strategies for patient management, more accurate diagnostic tools, and more efficient preventive plans are needed. In recent years, telemonitoring has been introduced as the potential answer to solve such needs. Different methodologies and devices have been progressively investigated for effective home monitoring of cardiologic patients. Invasive hemodynamic devices, such as CardioMEMS™, have been demonstrated to be reducing hospitalizations and mortality, but their use is however restricted to limited cases. The role of external non-invasive devices for remote patient monitoring, instead, is yet to be clarified. In this review, we summarized the most relevant studies and devices that, by utilizing non-invasive telemonitoring, demonstrated whether beneficial effects in the management of HF patients were effective.
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- A Faragli
- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburgerplatz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburgerplatz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburgerplatz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburgerplatz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburgerplatz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburgerplatz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburgerplatz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburgerplatz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburgerplatz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburgerplatz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany.
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Berry R, Keeling P. Compliance with Telemonitoring in Heart Failure. Are Study Findings Representative of Reality?: A Narrative Literature Review. Telemed J E Health 2021; 28:467-480. [PMID: 34255565 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2021.0225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction: Telemonitoring technologies enable medical teams to remotely manage outpatients with heart failure (HF) and reduce their risk of HF-related hospitalizations. However, noncompliance threatens the effectiveness of these approaches. This review aims to identify whether patients who are less likely or unable to comply with telemonitoring and their instructions for use are represented by interventional telemonitoring studies, and if their exclusion from studies is resulting in study findings not representative of clinical reality. Methods: A narrative literature review was conducted to identify interventional telemonitoring studies reporting compliance rates for HF patients. A search of PubMed and Medline databases identified eligible studies published between January 2000 and June 2021. Results: Twenty-five (n = 25) eligible studies with an interventional study design were identified. Reported compliance with telemonitoring ranged between 37% and 98.5%; however, 72% of studies reported good or medium compliance. A majority (76%) of studies had exclusion/inclusion criteria favoring the enrollment of patients who may be more likely to comply with telemonitoring and their instructions for use. Forty percent of studies had a sample with a mean or median age of <65 years. Participants were more likely to be male (majority in 92% of studies) and white (majority in 78% of studies that reported ethnicity). Conclusion: Compliance rates reported by current studies are unlikely to be generalizable to the wider HF population, particularly patients who are less likely or unable to comply with telemonitoring. Studies are therefore likely overestimating compliance rates. Future innovation should focus on designing "low compliance" solutions that require minimal engagement from users and future studies should aim to recruit a more generalizable cohort of patients. To achieve a more standardized metric of compliance, studies should report compliance (however defined) achieved by the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of all patients enrolled.
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- Rhiannon Berry
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
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Astley CM, Clarke RA, Cartledge S, Beleigoli A, Du H, Gallagher C, Millington S, Hendriks JM. Remote cardiac rehabilitation services and the digital divide: implications for elderly populations during the COVID19 pandemic. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 2021; 20:521-523. [PMID: 34056650 PMCID: PMC8195107 DOI: 10.1093/eurjcn/zvab034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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- Carolyn M Astley
- Flinders University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Sturt Campus, University Drive, Bedford Park 5042, Australia
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- Flinders University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Sturt Campus, University Drive, Bedford Park 5042, Australia
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- Monash University, School of Public Health, St Kilda Road, Melbourne 3004, Australia
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- Flinders University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Sturt Campus, University Drive, Bedford Park 5042, Australia
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- Flinders University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Sturt Campus, University Drive, Bedford Park 5042, Australia
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- University Adelaide, Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, North Tce, Adelaide 5005, Australia.,Department of Cardiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Tce, Adelaide 5000, Australia
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- University Adelaide, Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, North Tce, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Flinders University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Sturt Campus, University Drive, Bedford Park 5042, Australia.,University Adelaide, Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, North Tce, Adelaide 5005, Australia.,Department of Cardiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Tce, Adelaide 5000, Australia
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Effect of Telephone Counseling on the Nutritional Status and Physical Activity in Iranian Middle-Aged Women. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT IN NURSING AND MIDWIFERY 2021. [DOI: 10.52547/jgbfnm.18.1.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023] Open
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Elnaggar A, Ta Park V, Lee SJ, Bender M, Siegmund LA, Park LG. Patients' Use of Social Media for Diabetes Self-Care: Systematic Review. J Med Internet Res 2020; 22:e14209. [PMID: 32329745 PMCID: PMC7210496 DOI: 10.2196/14209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patient engagement with diabetes self-care is critical to reducing morbidity and mortality. Social media is one form of digital health that is available for diabetes self-care, although its use for peer-to-peer communication has not been systematically described, and its potential to support patient self-care is unclear. OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this systematic review was to describe the use of social media among patients (peer-to-peer) to manage diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). The secondary aim was to assess patients' clinical outcomes, behavioral outcomes, quality of life, and self-efficacy resulting from peer-to-peer social media use. METHODS We conducted a literature search in the following databases: PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, CINAHL, and PsycINFO (January 2008 through April 2019). The inclusion criteria were quantitative studies that included peer-to-peer use of social media for self-care of diabetes mellitus (with all subtypes) and CVD, including stroke. RESULTS After an initial yield of 3066 citations, we selected 91 articles for a full-text review and identified 7 papers that met our inclusion criteria. Of these, 4 studies focused on type 1 diabetes, 1 study included both type 1 and 2 diabetes, and 2 studies included multiple chronic conditions (eg, CVD, diabetes, depression, etc). Our search did not yield any individual studies on CVD alone. Among the selected papers, 2 studies used commercial platforms (Facebook and I Seek You), 3 studies used discussion forums developed specifically for each study, and 2 surveyed patients through different platforms or blogs. There was significant heterogeneity in the study designs, methodologies, and outcomes applied, but all studies showed favorable results on either primary or secondary outcomes. The quality of studies was highly variable. CONCLUSIONS The future landscape of social media use for patient self-care is promising. However, current use is nascent. Our extensive search yielded only 7 studies, all of which included diabetes, indicating the most interest and demand for peer-to-peer interaction on diabetes self-care. Future research is needed to establish efficacy and safety in recommending social media use among peers for diabetes self-care and other conditions.
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- Abdelaziz Elnaggar
- Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Division of Geriatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Office of Nursing Research and Innovation, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Lopes MACQ, Oliveira GMMD, Ribeiro ALP, Pinto FJ, Rey HCV, Zimerman LI, Rochitte CE, Bacal F, Polanczyk CA, Halperin C, Araújo EC, Mesquita ET, Arruda JA, Rohde LEP, Grinberg M, Moretti M, Caramori PRA, Botelho RV, Brandão AA, Hajjar LA, Santos AF, Colafranceschi AS, Etges APBDS, Marino BCA, Zanotto BS, Nascimento BR, Medeiros CR, Santos DVDV, Cook DMA, Antoniolli E, Souza Filho EMD, Fernandes F, Gandour F, Fernandez F, Souza GEC, Weigert GDS, Castro I, Cade JR, Figueiredo Neto JAD, Fernandes JDL, Hadlich MS, Oliveira MAP, Alkmim MB, Paixão MCD, Prudente ML, Aguiar Netto MAS, Marcolino MS, Oliveira MAD, Simonelli O, Lemos Neto PA, Rosa PRD, Figueira RM, Cury RC, Almeida RC, Lima SRF, Barberato SH, Constancio TI, Rezende WFD. Guideline of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology on Telemedicine in Cardiology - 2019. Arq Bras Cardiol 2019; 113:1006-1056. [PMID: 31800728 PMCID: PMC7020958 DOI: 10.5935/abc.20190205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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- Instituto do Coração (InCor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- Instituto do Coração (InCor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
- Instituto de Avaliação de Tecnologias em Saúde (IATS), Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
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- Instituto do Coração (InCor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- Instituto do Coração (InCor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- Instituto do Coração do Triângulo (ICT), Uberlândia, MG - Brazil
- International Telemedical Systems do Brasil (ITMS), Uberlândia, MG - Brazil
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- Instituto do Coração (InCor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- Hospital Madre Teresa, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUCMG), Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
- Instituto de Avaliação de Tecnologias em Saúde (IATS), Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
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- Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
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- Hospital Pró-Cardíaco, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
- Hospital Copa Star, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
- Hospital dos Servidores do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
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- Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
- Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ - Brazil
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- Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF - Brazil
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- Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
- Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia, Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
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- Fleury Medicina e Saúde, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
- Rede D'Or, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
- Unimed-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
- Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
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- Conselho Regional de Medicina do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP - Brazil
- Instituto Paulista de Direito Médico e da Saúde (IPDMS), Ribeirão Preto, SP - Brazil
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP - Brazil
- Hospital Sírio Libanês, São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- CardioEco-Centro de Diagnóstico Cardiovascular, Curitiba, PR - Brazil
- Quanta Diagnóstico e Terapia, Curitiba, PR - Brazil
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Telemedicine in chronic diseases like heart failure is rapidly evolving and has two important goals: improving and individualising care as well as reducing costs. In this paper, we provide a critical and an updated review of the current evidence by discussing the most important trials, meta-analyses and systematic reviews. So far, evidence for the CardioMEMS device is most convincing. Other trials regarding invasive and non-invasive telemonitoring and telephone support show divergent results, but several meta-analyses and systematic reviews uniformly reported a beneficial effect. Voice-over systems and ECG monitoring had neutral results. Lack of direct comparison between different modalities makes it impossible to determine the most effective method. Dutch studies showed predominantly non-significant results, mainly due to underpowered studies or because of a high standard of usual care. There are no conclusive results on cost-effectiveness of telemedicine because of the above shortcomings. The adherence of elderly patients was good in the trials, being essential for the compliance of telemedicine in the entire heart failure population. In the future perspective, telemedicine should be better standardised and evolve to be more than an addition to standard care to improve care and reduce costs.
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Bertoncello C, Colucci M, Baldovin T, Buja A, Baldo V. How does it work? Factors involved in telemedicine home-interventions effectiveness: A review of reviews. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0207332. [PMID: 30440004 PMCID: PMC6237381 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Introduction Definitive evidence of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of telemedicine home-interventions for the management of chronic diseases is still lacking. This study examines whether and how published reviews consider and discuss the influence on outcomes of different factors, including: setting, target, and intensity of intervention; patient engagement; the perspective of patients, caregivers and health professionals; the organizational model; patient education and support. Included reviews were also assessed in terms of economic and ethical issues. Methods Two search algorithms were developed to scan PubMed for reviews published between 2000 and 2015, about ICT-based interventions for the management of hypertension, diabetes, heart failure, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or for the care of elderly patients. Based on our inclusion criteria, 25 reviews were selected for analysis. Results None of the included reviews covered all the above-mentioned factors. They mostly considered target (44%) and intervention intensity (24%). Setting, ethical issues, patient engagement, and caregiver perspective were the most neglected factors (considered in 0–4% of the reviews). Only 4 reviews (16%) considered at least 4 of the 11 factors, the maximum number of factors considered in a review is 5. Conclusions Factors that may be involved in ICT-based interventions, affecting their effectiveness or cost-effectiveness, are not enough studied in the literature. This research suggests to consider mostly the role of each one, comparing not only disease-related outcomes, but also patients and healthcare organizations outcomes, and patient engagement, in order to understand how interventions work.
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- Chiara Bertoncello
- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular, and Public Health, Hygiene and Public Health Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular, and Public Health, Hygiene and Public Health Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular, and Public Health, Hygiene and Public Health Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular, and Public Health, Hygiene and Public Health Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Greenhalgh T, A’Court C, Shaw S. Understanding heart failure; explaining telehealth - a hermeneutic systematic review. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2017; 17:156. [PMID: 28615004 PMCID: PMC5471857 DOI: 10.1186/s12872-017-0594-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Enthusiasts for telehealth extol its potential for supporting heart failure management. But randomised trials have been slow to recruit and produced conflicting findings; real-world roll-out has been slow. We sought to inform policy by making sense of a complex literature on heart failure and its remote management. METHODS Through database searching and citation tracking, we identified 7 systematic reviews of systematic reviews, 32 systematic reviews (including 17 meta-analyses and 8 qualitative reviews); six mega-trials and over 60 additional relevant empirical studies and commentaries. We synthesised these using Boell's hermeneutic methodology for systematic review, which emphasises the quest for understanding. RESULTS Heart failure is a complex and serious condition with frequent co-morbidity and diverse manifestations including severe tiredness. Patients are often frightened, bewildered, socially isolated and variably able to self-manage. Remote monitoring technologies are many and varied; they create new forms of knowledge and new possibilities for care but require fundamental changes to clinical roles and service models and place substantial burdens on patients, carers and staff. The policy innovation of remote biomarker monitoring enabling timely adjustment of medication, mediated by "activated" patients, is based on a modernist vision of efficient, rational, technology-mediated and guideline-driven ("cold") care. It contrasts with relationship-based ("warm") care valued by some clinicians and by patients who are older, sicker and less technically savvy. Limited uptake of telehealth can be analysed in terms of key tensions: between tidy, "textbook" heart failure and the reality of multiple comorbidities; between basic and intensive telehealth; between activated, well-supported patients and vulnerable, unsupported ones; between "cold" and "warm" telehealth; and between fixed and agile care programmes. CONCLUSION The limited adoption of telehealth for heart failure has complex clinical, professional and institutional causes, which are unlikely to be elucidated by adding more randomised trials of technology-on versus technology-off to an already-crowded literature. An alternative approach is proposed, based on naturalistic study designs, application of social and organisational theory, and co-design of new service models based on socio-technical principles. Conventional systematic reviews (whose goal is synthesising data) can be usefully supplemented by hermeneutic reviews (whose goal is deepening understanding).
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- Trisha Greenhalgh
- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Primary Care Building, Woodstock Rd, Oxford, OX2 6GG UK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Primary Care Building, Woodstock Rd, Oxford, OX2 6GG UK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Primary Care Building, Woodstock Rd, Oxford, OX2 6GG UK
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Inglis SC, Clark RA, Dierckx R, Prieto-Merino D, Cleland JGF. Structured telephone support or non-invasive telemonitoring for patients with heart failure. Heart 2016; 103:255-257. [PMID: 27864319 DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-309191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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- Sally C Inglis
- Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, The Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Cardiovascular Center, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium
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- Applied Statistical Methods Research Group, Universidad Catolica de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.,Department of Non-communicable Disease, Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical, Medicine, London, UK
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Williams C, Wan TTH. A cost analysis of remote monitoring in a heart failure program. Home Health Care Serv Q 2016; 35:112-122. [PMID: 27552654 DOI: 10.1080/01621424.2016.1227009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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In this study, we examine the cost per outcomes of remote monitoring services in home health care. The methodology followed case matched design via retrospective chart reviews. Results of the chi-square test suggest that there were no significant associations between the intervention and hospital readmissions, χ2 = (1, n = 210, p-value = .71, phi = .71). An independent t-test compared group means of the number of skilled nursing visits and agency costs, p-value of .002 and .000, respectively, favoring the standard of care group. Based on this data set, the home care agency lost $153.46 for each hospital readmission in the intervention group. The cost of care complicated the agency's resources through an increase in nursing visits without offsetting the agency's investment into technology; the cost did not support remote monitoring as a financially viable option to the standard of care.
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- Cynthia Williams
- a Department of Public Health, Brooks College of Health , University of North Florida , Jacksonville , Florida , USA
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- b College of Health and Public Affairs , University of Central Florida , Orlando , Florida , USA
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Inglis SC, Clark RA, Dierckx R, Prieto-Merino D, Cleland JGF. Structured telephone support or non-invasive telemonitoring for patients with heart failure. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015; 2015:CD007228. [PMID: 26517969 PMCID: PMC8482064 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd007228.pub3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Specialised disease management programmes for heart failure aim to improve care, clinical outcomes and/or reduce healthcare utilisation. Since the last version of this review in 2010, several new trials of structured telephone support and non-invasive home telemonitoring have been published which have raised questions about their effectiveness. OBJECTIVES To review randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of structured telephone support or non-invasive home telemonitoring compared to standard practice for people with heart failure, in order to quantify the effects of these interventions over and above usual care. SEARCH METHODS We updated the searches of the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), Health Technology AsseFssment Database (HTA) on the Cochrane Library; MEDLINE (OVID), EMBASE (OVID), CINAHL (EBSCO), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (CPCI-S) on Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), AMED, Proquest Theses and Dissertations, IEEE Xplore and TROVE in January 2015. We handsearched bibliographies of relevant studies and systematic reviews and abstract conference proceedings. We applied no language limits. SELECTION CRITERIA We included only peer-reviewed, published RCTs comparing structured telephone support or non-invasive home telemonitoring to usual care of people with chronic heart failure. The intervention or usual care could not include protocol-driven home visits or more intensive than usual (typically four to six weeks) clinic follow-up. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS We present data as risk ratios (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Primary outcomes included all-cause mortality, all-cause and heart failure-related hospitalisations, which we analysed using a fixed-effect model. Other outcomes included length of stay, health-related quality of life, heart failure knowledge and self care, acceptability and cost; we described and tabulated these. We performed meta-regression to assess homogeneity (the null hypothesis) in each subgroup analysis and to see if the effect of the intervention varied according to some quantitative variable (such as year of publication or median age). MAIN RESULTS We include 41 studies of either structured telephone support or non-invasive home telemonitoring for people with heart failure, of which 17 were new and 24 had been included in the previous Cochrane review. In the current review, 25 studies evaluated structured telephone support (eight new studies, plus one study previously included but classified as telemonitoring; total of 9332 participants), 18 evaluated telemonitoring (nine new studies; total of 3860 participants). Two of the included studies trialled both structured telephone support and telemonitoring compared to usual care, therefore 43 comparisons are evident.Non-invasive telemonitoring reduced all-cause mortality (RR 0.80, 95% CI 0.68 to 0.94; participants = 3740; studies = 17; I² = 24%, GRADE: moderate-quality evidence) and heart failure-related hospitalisations (RR 0.71, 95% CI 0.60 to 0.83; participants = 2148; studies = 8; I² = 20%, GRADE: moderate-quality evidence). Structured telephone support reduced all-cause mortality (RR 0.87, 95% CI 0.77 to 0.98; participants = 9222; studies = 22; I² = 0%, GRADE: moderate-quality evidence) and heart failure-related hospitalisations (RR 0.85, 95% CI 0.77 to 0.93; participants = 7030; studies = 16; I² = 27%, GRADE: moderate-quality evidence).Neither structured telephone support nor telemonitoring demonstrated effectiveness in reducing the risk of all-cause hospitalisations (structured telephone support: RR 0.95, 95% CI 0.90 to 1.00; participants = 7216; studies = 16; I² = 47%, GRADE: very low-quality evidence; non-invasive telemonitoring: RR 0.95, 95% CI 0.89 to 1.01; participants = 3332; studies = 13; I² = 71%, GRADE: very low-quality evidence).Seven structured telephone support studies reported length of stay, with one reporting a significant reduction in length of stay in hospital. Nine telemonitoring studies reported length of stay outcome, with one study reporting a significant reduction in the length of stay with the intervention. One telemonitoring study reported a large difference in the total number of hospitalisations for more than three days, but this was not an analysis of length of stay per hospitalisation. Nine of 11 structured telephone support studies and five of 11 telemonitoring studies reported significant improvements in health-related quality of life. Nine structured telephone support studies and six telemonitoring studies reported costs of the intervention or cost effectiveness. Three structured telephone support studies and one telemonitoring study reported a decrease in costs and two telemonitoring studies reported increases in cost, due both to the cost of the intervention and to increased medical management. Adherence was rated between 55.1% and 98.5% for those structured telephone support and telemonitoring studies which reported this outcome. Participant acceptance of the intervention was reported in the range of 76% to 97% for studies which evaluated this outcome. Seven of nine studies that measured these outcomes reported significant improvements in heart failure knowledge and self-care behaviours. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS For people with heart failure, structured telephone support and non-invasive home telemonitoring reduce the risk of all-cause mortality and heart failure-related hospitalisations; these interventions also demonstrated improvements in health-related quality of life and heart failure knowledge and self-care behaviours. Studies also demonstrated participant satisfaction with the majority of the interventions which assessed this outcome.
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- Sally C Inglis
- Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Kitsiou S, Paré G, Jaana M. Effects of home telemonitoring interventions on patients with chronic heart failure: an overview of systematic reviews. J Med Internet Res 2015; 17:e63. [PMID: 25768664 PMCID: PMC4376138 DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2014] [Accepted: 02/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Growing interest on the effects of home telemonitoring on patients with chronic heart failure (HF) has led to a rise in the number of systematic reviews addressing the same or very similar research questions with a concomitant increase in discordant findings. Differences in the scope, methods of analysis, and methodological quality of systematic reviews can cause great confusion and make it difficult for policy makers and clinicians to access and interpret the available evidence and for researchers to know where knowledge gaps in the extant literature exist. OBJECTIVE This overview aims to collect, appraise, and synthesize existing evidence from multiple systematic reviews on the effectiveness of home telemonitoring interventions for patients with chronic heart failure (HF) to inform policy makers, practitioners, and researchers. METHODS A comprehensive literature search was performed on MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library to identify all relevant, peer-reviewed systematic reviews published between January 1996 and December 2013. Reviews were searched and screened using explicit keywords and inclusion criteria. Standardized forms were used to extract data and the methodological quality of included reviews was appraised using the AMSTAR (assessing methodological quality of systematic reviews) instrument. Summary of findings tables were constructed for all primary outcomes of interest, and quality of evidence was graded by outcome using the GRADE (Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) system. Post-hoc analysis and subgroup meta-analyses were conducted to gain further insights into the various types of home telemonitoring technologies included in the systematic reviews and the impact of these technologies on clinical outcomes. RESULTS A total of 15 reviews published between 2003 and 2013 were selected for meta-level synthesis. Evidence from high-quality reviews with meta-analysis indicated that taken collectively, home telemonitoring interventions reduce the relative risk of all-cause mortality (0.60 to 0.85) and heart failure-related hospitalizations (0.64 to 0.86) compared with usual care. Absolute risk reductions ranged from 1.4%-6.5% and 3.7%-8.2%, respectively. Improvements in HF-related hospitalizations appeared to be more pronounced in patients with stable HF: hazard ratio (HR) 0.70 (95% credible interval [Crl] 0.34-1.5]). Risk reductions in mortality and all-cause hospitalizations appeared to be greater in patients who had been recently discharged (≤28 days) from an acute care setting after a recent HF exacerbation: HR 0.62 (95% CrI 0.42-0.89) and HR 0.67 (95% CrI 0.42-0.97), respectively. However, quality of evidence for these outcomes ranged from moderate to low suggesting that further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the observed estimates of effect and may change these estimates. The post-hoc analysis identified five main types of non-invasive telemonitoring technologies included in the systematic reviews: (1) video-consultation, with or without transmission of vital signs, (2) mobile telemonitoring, (3) automated device-based telemonitoring, (4) interactive voice response, and (5) Web-based telemonitoring. Of these, only automated device-based telemonitoring and mobile telemonitoring were effective in reducing the risk of all-cause mortality and HF-related hospitalizations. More research data are required for interactive voice response systems, video-consultation, and Web-based telemonitoring to provide robust conclusions about their effectiveness. CONCLUSIONS Future research should focus on understanding the process by which home telemonitoring works in terms of improving outcomes, identify optimal strategies and the duration of follow-up for which it confers benefits, and further investigate whether there is differential effectiveness between chronic HF patient groups and types of home telemonitoring technologies.
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- Spyros Kitsiou
- College of Applied Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
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