The effect of telephone health coaching and remote exercise monitoring for peripheral artery disease (TeGeCoach) on health care cost and utilization: results of a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is the third most prevalent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. In 2016, costs per patient associated with PAD exceeded even the health-economic burden of coronary heart disease. Although affecting over 200 million people worldwide, a clear consensus on the most beneficial components to be included in home-based exercise programs for patients with peripheral artery disease is lacking. The aim of the study was to examine the health care use and costs caused by the 12-month patient-centered 'Telephone Health Coaching and Remote Exercise Monitoring for Peripheral Artery Disease' (TeGeCoach) program in a randomized controlled trial.

Methods

This is a two-arm, parallel-group, open-label, pragmatic, randomized, controlled clinical tri

SUBMITTER: Heider D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11136827 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature