Telemonitoring in patients with heart failure, the TEHAF study: Study protocol of an ongoing prospective randomised trial

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-99

  Boyne, Josiane J J ^a   Vrijhoef, Hubertus J M ^a   Wit, R de ^b   Gorgels, Anton P M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic care management; Cost effectiveness; Heart failure; Telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 78650711764     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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