Use of Telemonitoring System in Heart Failure Patients
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Conditions studied: Heart Failure, Quality of Life
In brief
Heart failure is a major public health problem worldwide. Heart failure is one of the most common causes for hospitalizations among people over 65 years of age in the United States. Nationwide, approximately 25% of patients admitted to a hospital for heart failure are readmitted to a hospital within 30 days.Multiple transitional care interventions, including telemonitoring, aimed to decrease hospital readmission rates and improve quality of life in heart failure (HF) patients have been explored. Most studies evaluated effectiveness of telemonitoring used in conjunction with other interventions. In this study, investigators studied the role of a potentially cost-effective, telemonitoring program in reducing readmissions and improving quality of life among patients admitted with HF exacerbation in a teaching hospital. They aimed to determine impact of a standalone telemonitoring system. Primary outcome: Rate of hospital readmission for heart failure Secondary outcomes: Quality of life, Perceived effect of the intervention on heart-failure related care
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04294303
- Run by
- Danbury Hospital
- People needed
- 50
- Starts
- 2016-02-03
- Expected to finish
- 2020-01-29
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-03-05
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 18 years of age and older
- Admitted to Danbury Hospital with heart failure
- NYHA functional class II-IV
You may not qualify if…
- Not agreeable to participate in the study
- ESRD on HD
- Severe COPD (O2/steroid dependent?)
- Pregnancy
- Hospice patients/bed bound patients
- Severe valvular disease, or recent valvular intervention (within 1 year) or planned valvular intervention.
- Expected to be transferred to another acute care hospital
- Solid organ transplant recipient or listed for transplant, recipient of left ventricular assist device or planned to receive one
- Homeless participants
- Active psychiatric disorders, addiction
Where it is running
- Danbury Hospital — Danbury, Connecticut, United States
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