A Mobile Health Intervention Supporting Heart Failure Patients and Their Informal Caregivers: A Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health (mHealth) interventions may improve heart failure (HF) self-care, but standard models do not address informal caregivers' needs for information about the patient's status or how the caregiver can help.

Objective

We evaluated mHealth support for caregivers of HF patients over and above the impact of a standard mHealth approach.

Methods

We identified 331 HF patients from Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinics. All patients identified a "CarePartner" outside their household. Patients randomized to "standard mHealth" (n=165) received 12 months of weekly interactive voice response (IVR) calls including questions about their health and self-management. Based on patients' responses, they received tailored self-management advice, and their

SUBMITTER: Piette JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4526929 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature