TY - JOUR
T1 - Chronic heart failure home-based management with a telecardiology system
T2 - A comparison between patients followed by general practitioners and by a cardiology department
AU - Scalvini, Simonetta
AU - Zanelli, Emanuela
AU - Paletta, Laura
AU - Benigno, Massimo
AU - Domeneghini, Diego
AU - de Giuli, Federica
AU - Giordano, Amerigo
AU - Glisenti, Fulvio
PY - 2006/7/1
Y1 - 2006/7/1
N2 - A group of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) were followed by general practitioners (GPs) with a telecardiology system, and a second group of patients were followed by a home-based telemonitoring (HBT) protocol with medical and nursing supervision. The 212 GP patients were older than the 226 HBT patients, mostly women, with CHF secondary to chronic hypertension, less self-sufficient and with a non-optimized therapy. The mean number of telephone calls was 2.6 per patient in the GP group and 16.6 per patient in the HBT group (P
AB - A group of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) were followed by general practitioners (GPs) with a telecardiology system, and a second group of patients were followed by a home-based telemonitoring (HBT) protocol with medical and nursing supervision. The 212 GP patients were older than the 226 HBT patients, mostly women, with CHF secondary to chronic hypertension, less self-sufficient and with a non-optimized therapy. The mean number of telephone calls was 2.6 per patient in the GP group and 16.6 per patient in the HBT group (P
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M3 - Article
C2 - 16884578
AN - SCOPUS:39049178894
VL - 12
JO - Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
JF - Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
SN - 1357-633X
IS - SUPPL. 1
ER -