Tele-guidance of chronic heart failure patients enhances knowledge about the disease. A multi-centre, randomised controlled study

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1136-1142

  Balk, Aggie H ^a   Davidse, Wim ^b   Dommelen, Paula van ^b   Klaassen, Ellen ^a   Caliskan, Kadir ^a   van der Burgh, Pieter ^c   Leenders, Christina M ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d Havenziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Heart failure; Knowledge; Tele medicine; Telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; TELEVISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SELF CARE;

EID: 53949120879     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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