A randomized controlled trial of telemonitoring in older adults with multiple chronic conditions: the Tele-ERA study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults with multiple chronic illnesses are at risk for worsening functional and medical status and hospitalization. Home telemonitoring may help slow this decline. This protocol of a randomized controlled trial was designed to help determine the impact of home telemonitoring on hospitalization. The specific aim of the study reads as follows: to determine the effectiveness of home telemonitoring compared with usual care in reducing the combined outcomes of hospitalization and emergency department visits in an at-risk population 60 years of age or older.

Methods/design

Two-hundred patients with the highest 10% Mayo Clinic Elder Risk Assessment scores will be randomly assigned to one of two interventions. Home telemonitoring involves the use of a computer devic

SUBMITTER: Takahashi PY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2939600 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature