The value of INnovative ICT guided disease management combined with Telemonitoring in OUtpatient clinics for Chronic Heart failure patients. Design and methodology of the IN TOUCH study: a multicenter randomised trial

The value of INnovative ICT guided disease management combined with Telemonitoring in OUtpatient clinics for Chronic Heart failure patients. Design and methodology of the IN TOUCH study : a multicenter randomised trial

de Vries, Arjen E (author): University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands

de Jong, Richard M (author): University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands

van der Wal, Martje H L (author): University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands

Jaarsma, Tiny (author): Linköpings universitet,Hälsa, Aktivitet, Vård (HAV),Hälsouniversitetet

Hillege, Hans L (author): University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands

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2011-07-13
2011
English.
In: BMC health services research. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1472-6963. ; 11, s. 167-

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BACKGROUND: Although the value of telemonitoring in heart failure patients is increasingly studied, little is known about the value of the separate components of telehealth: ICT guided disease management and telemonitoring. The aim of this study is to investigate the value of telemonitoring added to ICT guided disease management (DM) on the quality and efficiency of care in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) after a hospitalisation.METHODS/DESIGN: The study is divided in two arms; a control arm (DM) and an intervention arm (DM+TM) in 10 hospitals in the Netherlands. In total 220 patients will be included after worsening of CHF (DM: N = 90, DM+TM: N = 130). Total follow-up will be 9 months. Data will be collected at inclusion and then after 2 weeks, 4.5 and 9 months. The primary endpoint of this study is a composite score of: 1: death from any cause during the follow-up of the study, 2: first readmission for HF and 3: change in quality of life compared to baseline, assessed by the Minnesota Living with Heart failure Questionnaire. The study has started in December 2009 and results are expected in 2012.CONCLUSIONS: The IN TOUCH study is the first to investigate the effect of telemonitoring on top of ICT guided DM on the quality and efficiency of care in patients with worsening HF and will use a composite score as its primary endpoint.TRIAL REGISTRATION: Netherlands Trial Register (NTR): NTR1898.

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