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| Title |
The value of telemonitoring and ICT-guided disease management in heart failure: Results from the IN TOUCH study
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| Published in |
International Journal of Medical Informatics, October 2015
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.10.001 |
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| Authors |
Imke Kraai, Arjen de Vries, Karin Vermeulen, Vincent van Deursen, Martje van der Wal, Richard de Jong, René van Dijk, Tiny Jaarsma, Hans Hillege, Ivonne Lesman |
| Abstract |
It is still unclear whether telemonitoring reduces hospitalization and mortality in heart failure (HF) patients and whether adding an Information and Computing Technology-guided-disease-management-system (ICT-guided-DMS) improves clinical and patient reported outcomes or reduces healthcare costs. A multicenter randomized controlled trial was performed testing the effects of INnovative ICT-guided-DMS combined with Telemonitoring in OUtpatient clinics for Chronic HF patients (IN TOUCH) with in total 179 patients (mean age 69 years; 72% male; 77% in New York Heart Association Classification (NYHA) III-IV; mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 28%). Patients were randomized to ICT-guided-DMS or to ICT-guided-DMS+telemonitoring with a follow-up of nine months. The composite endpoint included mortality, HF-readmission and change in health-related quality of life (HR-QoL). In total 177 patients were eligible for analyses. The mean score of the primary composite endpoint was -0.63 in ICT-guided-DMS vs. -0.73 in ICT-guided-DMS+telemonitoring (mean difference 0.1, 95% CI: -0.67 +0.82, p=0.39). All-cause mortality in ICT-guided-DMS was 12% versus 15% in ICT-guided-DMS+telemonitoring (p=0.27); HF-readmission 28% vs. 27% p=0.87; all-cause readmission was 49% vs. 51% (p=0.78). HR-QoL improved in most patients and was equal in both groups. Incremental costs were €1360 in favor of ICT-guided-DMS. ICT-guided-DMS+telemonitoring had significantly fewer HF-outpatient-clinic visits (p<0.01). ICT-guided-DMS+telemonitoring for the management of HF patients did not affect the primary and secondary endpoints. However, we did find a reduction in visits to the HF-outpatient clinic in this group suggesting that telemonitoring might be safe to use in reorganizing HF-care with relatively low costs. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 173 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 30 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 13% |
| Researcher | 16 | 9% |
| Other | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 34 | 19% |
| Unknown | 41 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 40 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 31 | 18% |
| Computer Science | 12 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 5% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 32 | 18% |
| Unknown | 46 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 September 2018.
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#85,267
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#7
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