Telemedicine for Patients Suffering From Heart Failure (Danish Telecare North Trial)

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

600 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-08-31

Study Completion Date

2018-08-01

Brief Summary

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There are two main aims in this study. The first objective is to evaluate whether a particular telehealth solution, in addition to standard treatment and care, lead to a significant decrease in the mortality and an increase in health related quality of life for patients suffering from Heart Failure that may benefit from telehealth compared with only standard treatment and care. The second objective is to examine the additional costs of the telehealth solution and assess whether this solution is a cost-effective way to care for patients with Heart Failure across patients and municipality districts.

It is hypothesized that telehealth care will increase patients quality adjusted life years compared to usual practice, since no difference in mortality and a higher health related quality of life is expected. Furthermore, it is hoped that there will be a 30% reduction in the number of admissions and readmissions to hospitals and a 30% reduction in the number of outpatient visits resulting in fewer costs for hospitals. However, it is uncertain as to whether these savings are offset by other costs such as more visits to general practitioners, community care or the implementation costs.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Heart Failure

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Telemedicine

A tablet (a Samsung GALAXY TAB 2 (10.1)) that holds information on handling heart failure in general. The device can also collect and transmit relevant disease-specific data, which are indicative of their current state of health, via a Digital Blood Pressure Monitor (Model UA-767, plus BT-C) and a scale. The device can measure four vital signs, which are transferred wirelessly: blood pressure, pulse, and weight. The tablet can be activated and give a sound, when it is time for taking measurements again.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Telemedicine

Intervention Type DEVICE

Usual care

In Denmark, usual practice for treating, monitoring and caring for patients with heart failure are the responsibility of the patient's general practitioner (treatment and monitoring) and the municipalities (practical help and nursing care). Heart failure patients can make appointments with their general practitioner or practice nurse free of charge in order to get help in managing heart failure. Community based care and practical help varies. As a rule community care comes at regular intervals based on a clinically based estimate of the patients' needs, but the personnel are not necessarily certified nurses and often not fully educated in heart failure and definitely not on call

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Telemedicine

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All heart failure patients that may benefit from telehealthcare.
* Participants are qualified for inclusion if they have been diagnosed with HF according to national guidelines and are NYHA classified 2,3, and 4.
* Patients must have a permanent residence and be motivated for using telehealthcare. \*Patients must have a landline or mobile phone and be able to speak Danish or they must live with a relative speaking Danish. Such that the relative must be able to help the patient in translating the information in the use of telehealthcare.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients without landline phone / mobile phone or GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) coverage.
* Patients not able to understand Danish adequately to complete the questionnaires in the study or patients having a cognitive impairment.
* Comorbidity is not an exclusion criterion.

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No