Home Telemonitoring System for Patients With Heart Failure

Universidad Nacional de Tucuman

Status

Completed

Conditions

Heart Failure

Treatments

Other: Home Telemonitoring System (HTS)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04071093

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomized controlled trial compares a home telemonitoring system (HTS) versus usual care during a 90 days follow-up of Heart Failure (HF) ambulatory patients, in order to evaluate if the use of the HTS improves self-care and treatment adherence. The study was reviewed and approved by the Methodological Committee and by the Research Ethics Committee from the Provincial Health System, according to the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained before randomization.

Enrollment

30 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

were over 18 years with a primary diagnosis of HF,
had been hospitalized at least once time as a consequence of a HF decompensation,
had a Smartphone,
had access to WiFi,
had access to a weight scale and to a blood-pressure monitor

Exclusion criteria

illiterate patients,
had learning difficulties,
had a cognitive impairment sufficient to interfere with the use of the telemonitoring system, or had a severe depression that could interfere with their quality of life perception.