Telemonitoring of congestive heart failure patients through a personal health system - technological feasibility study

Phase 4

Conditions: monitoring heart failure
10019280

Registration Number: NL-OMON31880

Lead Sponsor: Intel Corporation

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with congestive heart failure in a stable condition wether or not post-surgery, treated by a cardiologist.
Patients must be capable of handling the computer and the monitoring equipment
Patients must understand the instructions by nurse and doctor

Exclusion Criteria

Progressive heart failure.
No ADSL or insufficient knowledge of English ( according to a simple language test)
Serious co-morbidity and end-stage disease of any kind
Mental shortcomings

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>1. What was the patients satisfaction rating ( incl. confidence in PHS ) of<br /><br>their PHS experience ?<br /><br>2. What was the nurses satisfaction rating of their PHS experience ?<br /><br>3. What was the GP/Specialists satisfaction rating of their PHS experience ?<br /><br>4. What was the average time spent per service center nurse per month ?<br /><br>5. What percentage of the equipment malfunctioned ?<br /><br>6. What was the patients adherence rate to the PHS ( incl number of patients<br /><br>refusing to participate ) ?<br /><br>7. What was the average length of time from monitoring to nurse call-back ?</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>1 Blood Pressure Control. Evaluation of the change and variation of daily BP<br /><br>measurements taken over a 3/6 month period of time.<br /><br>2. Weight Control. Evaluation of the change and variation of daily weight<br /><br>measurements taken over a 3 month period of time.<br /><br>3. Blood Oxygen Saturation Control. Evaluation of the change and variation of<br /><br>daily blood oxygen saturation measurements taken over a 3 month period of time.<br /><br>4. Qualitative data (observations, anecdotes, patient comments, etc.) on the<br /><br>installation, training, patient/caregiver/clinician/technician experience, etc.</p><br>