TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of a Mobile Application for Heart Failure Telemonitoring
AU - Saldaña, Diana Marcela Achury
AU - Gonzalez, Rafael A.
AU - Garcia, Angel
AU - Mariño, Alejandro
AU - Aponte, Luisa
AU - Bohorquez, Wilson Ricardo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
PY - 2021/11/17
Y1 - 2021/11/17
N2 - Adequate adherence to treatment is indispensable in preventing adverse consequences in heart failure patients. Such adherence can be managed through heart failure clinics and various methods of follow-up. In recent years, the use of telemonitoring has shown promising benefits in supporting clinicians' follow-up, as well as contributing to patients' self-care. This article presents the development and evaluation of a telemonitoring application for heart failure, through a Web-based interface for clinicians and a mobile application for patients. The application was evaluated through a 6-month pilot observational descriptive study in 20 outpatients with reduced ejection fraction and two nurses, in the context of a heart failure clinic. A technological acceptance questionnaire was applied to all patients and nurses at the end of the study period. In use, the application generated 64 real-time alerts for early decision-making to prevent complications, and 91% of patients did not present hospital readmissions. Such results, along with high user acceptance, show potential utility of the application as an effective complementary strategy for follow-up of patients with heart failure.
AB - Adequate adherence to treatment is indispensable in preventing adverse consequences in heart failure patients. Such adherence can be managed through heart failure clinics and various methods of follow-up. In recent years, the use of telemonitoring has shown promising benefits in supporting clinicians' follow-up, as well as contributing to patients' self-care. This article presents the development and evaluation of a telemonitoring application for heart failure, through a Web-based interface for clinicians and a mobile application for patients. The application was evaluated through a 6-month pilot observational descriptive study in 20 outpatients with reduced ejection fraction and two nurses, in the context of a heart failure clinic. A technological acceptance questionnaire was applied to all patients and nurses at the end of the study period. In use, the application generated 64 real-time alerts for early decision-making to prevent complications, and 91% of patients did not present hospital readmissions. Such results, along with high user acceptance, show potential utility of the application as an effective complementary strategy for follow-up of patients with heart failure.
KW - Heart failure
KW - Technology acceptance
KW - Telemonitoring
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121950654&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000756
DO - 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000756
M3 - Article
C2 - 33993153
AN - SCOPUS:85121950654
SN - 1538-2931
VL - 39
SP - 764
EP - 771
JO - Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN
JF - Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN
IS - 11
ER -