Characteristics Associated With Telemonitoring Use Among Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic heart failure (HF) is a chronic disease affecting more than 64 million people worldwide, with an increasing prevalence and a high burden on individual patients and society. Telemonitoring may be able to mitigate some of this burden by increasing self-management and preventing use of the health care system. However, it is unknown to what degree telemonitoring has been adopted by hospitals and if the use of telemonitoring is associated with certain patient characteristics. Insight into the dissemination of this technology among hospitals and patients may inform strategies for further adoption.

Objective

We aimed to explore the use of telemonitoring among hospitals in the Netherlands and to identify patient characteristics associated with the use of telemonit

SUBMITTER: Auener SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10620630 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature