Impact of Telehealth Care

Impact of Telehealth Care on Clinical Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients

Heart failure is associated with high incidence and mortality rates, limited physical activity, decreased quality of life, and increased healthcare expenses. Implementing a Telehealth Care (TC) HF program could address these challenges while improving patient outcomes.

Study Overview

• Status: Withdrawn
• Conditions: Telehealth; Telehealth Services

Detailed Description

Telemonitoring for heart failure patients reduces all-cause and cardiovascular mortality by enabling early intervention during clinical deterioration, improving outcomes even for those recently discharged. Moreover, a reduction in the percentage of days lost due to unplanned cardiovascular hospital admissions is evident. Furthermore, the rapid expansion of telehealth care and telemedicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic optimized the management and care quality of heart failure patients through telemonitoring .

• Study Type: Observational

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Inpatients diagnosed with heart failure were enrolled, with patients automatically selected daily by the electronic medical record system. A list of ward visits was obtained based on the first three digits of the International Classification of Diseases 10th edition diagnosis codes; the ICD-10 code I50 was applied for selection.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Inpatients diagnosed with heart failure were enrolled, with patients automatically selected daily by the electronic medical record system. A list of ward visits was obtained based on the first three digits of the International Classification of Diseases 10th edition diagnosis codes; the ICD-10 code I50 was applied for selection.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Other diagnosis

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
mortality and rehospitalization rates	analyze the one-year all-cause mortality and rehospitalization rates in patients with and without telehealth care while examining cardiovascular mortality and rehospitalization rates simultaneously.	After discharge one year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Pei-Hung Liao
• Collaborators: Mackay Memorial Hospital; National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 2, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 2, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 31, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 22, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 22, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): October 24, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 24, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 22, 2024
• Last Verified: October 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Telehealth, heart failure, rehospitalization, mortality
• Other Study ID Numbers: 23MMHIS219e

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No