Cost effectiveness analysis Telemonitoring in Heart Failure

Completed

Conditions: heart failure - heart decompensation
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Registration Number: NL-OMON30939

Lead Sponsor: Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 390

Inclusion Criteria

Patient > 18 years;
Patients with heart failure NYHA classification II-III-IV;
patient experienced a period of fluid retention;
Patient is treated by a cardiologist;
Patient is followed-up by a heart failure nurse;
Adequate level of the Dutch language;
Patient has an active telephone connection, preferably analogue ;
Patient is mental competent;
Patient has the disposal of a balance.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients suffers from COPD, Gold classification 3 or 4
patient is a dialysis patient;
Patient has a visual restriction to read the dialogues on the Health Buddy;
Patient is hard of hearing or deaf;
Patient suffers from a lethal sickness with a prognosis < 1 year;
Patient participates in another trial;
Patient needs a hospital admission on short time, i.e. < 3 months;
Patient used the Health Buddy in an earlier stage;
Patient is an illiterate person.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Hospital admissions.<br /><br>Health care related costs</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Related at outcome:<br /><br>· amount of planned and unplanned contacts with cardiologist, heart failure<br /><br>nurse, cardiac emergency and general practitioner;<br /><br>. amount of hospital admissions ( related and not related to heart failure)<br /><br>· mortality (cardiac reason or not )<br /><br>· costs related to hospital admissions and contacts with caregivers<br /><br><br /><br>Related at intervention:<br /><br>· Compliance for drugs and non-medical regimen;<br /><br>. State of health in terms of complaints ( tiredness and dyspnoea), risk<br /><br>factors ( smoking, obesity, drink), instability, mobility, depression, self<br /><br>efficacy and quality of live</p><br>