The eHealth Diary: digital pen telemonitoring of patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart failure within specialised home care

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: COPD and/or heart failure
Circulatory System
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified, Heart failure

Registration Number: ISRCTN34252610

Lead Sponsor: inköping University (Linköpings universitet) (Sweden)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

Current inclusion criteria as of 08/05/2014:
1. Patients (men and women) > 65 years diagnosed with COPD and/or heart failure
2. With >= 2 hospital admissions during the last 12 months

Previous inclusion criteria:
1. Patients (men and women) > 65 years diagnosed with COPD and/or heart failure
2. With >= 3 hospital admissions due to COPD/heart failure during the last 12 months

Exclusion Criteria

1. Dementia/other cognitive impairment or psychotic illness
2. Lack of ability to understand Swedish
3. Severe hearing loss
4. Underwent surgery in the last 6 months or surgery planned in the next 6 months
5. Other life-threatening illness

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
All outcomes measured at 12 months using patient records/administrative registers:<br>1. Number of hospital admissions<br>2. Healthcare costs<br>3. Mortality

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Health-related quality of life, measured? using questionnaires at baseline, 1, 6 and 12 months<br>2. Patients? ability to handle the technology and method, measured? using questionnaires at 1, 6 and 12 months<br>3. Patients? participation in their own care, measured? using questionnaires at baseline, 1, 6 and 12 months<br>4. Patients? knowledge of their illness, measured? using questionnaires at baseline, 1, 6 and 12 months<br>5. Patients? feeling of security, measured? using questionnaires at baseline, 1, 6 and 12 months<br>6. Deterioration and exacerbations, measured? using patient records at baseline, 1, 6 and 12 months