title: The effect of telemonitoring at home on quality of life and self-care behaviors of patients with heart failure.
abstract: Heart failure (HF) is a costly chronic disease that affects 5.7 million people in the United States. Home healthcare agencies are implementing initiatives to reduce hospitalizations and manage HF patients at home. In this study, telemonitoring improved patients' perception of their quality of life and assisted them to sustain critical self-care behaviors. Patients who were monitored had fewer hospitalizations but telemonitoring was not statistically significant in lowering hospitalizations.
authors: Home Care Network, Main Line Health, Jefferson University Hospitals, 240 Radnor Chester Rd., Radnor, PA 19087, USA. hobanm@mlhs.org
authors: Mary Beth
authors: MB
authors: Hoban
authors: Martha
authors: M
authors: Fedor
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Reeder
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Chernick
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D017046:Cost Savings; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D064650:Home Health Nursing / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012648:Self Care / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D013686:Telemetry; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States