Comparative Effectiveness of Complex Telemedicine Support in Prevention of Hospitalizations and Mortality in Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Abstract
:1. Background
2. Methods
3. Results
4. Assessment of the Risks of Bias
5. Discussion
6. Limitations
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Study | Number of Patients (n) | Study Groups (n) | Study Endpoints | Observational Period | Treatment Group, Mortality | Control Group, Mortality | Treatment Group, Hospitalizations | Control Group, Hospitalizations |
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Bekelman D.B., 2015 [15] | 392 | Home telemonitoring (n = 187) Traditional monitoring (n = 197) | All-cause mortality, all-cause hospitalizations | 12 months | 8/187 | 19/197 | 55/187 | 59/197 |
Krzesinski P., 2022 [16] | 605 | Telemonitoring (n = 300) Traditional monitoring (n = 305) | All-cause mortality, HF-related hospitalizations | 12 months | 28/298 | 29/305 | 62/298 | 97/305 |
Garanin A.A., 2022 [17] | 392 | Telemonitoring (n = 197) Traditional monitoring (n = 195) | All-cause mortality, cardiovascular-related hospitalizations | 3 months | 6/197 | 11/195 | 4/197 | 13/195 |
Villani A., 2014 [18] | 80 | Telemonitoring (n = 40) Traditional monitoring (n = 40) | Mortality, HF-related hospitalizations | 12 months | 5/40 | 9/40 | 12/40 | 23/40 |
Lars Luthje, 2015 [19] | 176 | Remote monitoring (n = 87) Traditional monitoring (n = 89) | All-cause mortality, HF-related hospitalizations | 15 months | 8/87 | 6/89 | 20/87 | 22/89 |
Morgan J.M. [20] | 1650 | Remote monitoring (n = 824) Traditional monitoring (n = 826) | All-cause mortality, cardiovascular-related hospitalizations | At mean 2.8 years | 128/824 | 152/826 | 315/824 | 297/826 |
Galinier M., 2020 [21] | 937 | Telemonitoring (n = 482) Traditional monitoring (n = 455) | All-cause mortality, HF-related hospitalizations, all-cause hospitalizations | 18 months | 91/482 | 89/455 | 141/482 242/482 | 160/455 241/455 |
Koehler F., 2020 [22] | 1538 | Telemonitoring (n = 765) Traditional monitoring (n = 773) | All-cause mortality | 24 months | 129/765 | 152/773 | - | - |
Indraratna P., 2022 [23] | 164 | Telemonitoring (n = 81) Traditional monitoring (n = 83) | All-cause mortality, all-cause hospitalizations | 193 days | 1/81 | 4/83 | 21/81 | 41/83 |
cardiovascular-related hospitalizations | - | - | 11/81 | 25/83 | ||||
Oner A., 2023 [24] | 960 | Telemonitoring (n = 478) Traditional monitoring (n = 482) | All-cause mortality | 12 months | 4/477 | 23/480 | - | - |
Hale T.M., 2016 [25] | 29 | Telemonitoring (n = 13) Traditional monitoring (n = 16) | All-cause hospitalizations, | 3 months | - | - | 1/11 | 7/14 |
HF-related hospitalizations | - | - | 1/11 | 4/14 | ||||
Voller H., 2022 [26] | 621 | Telemonitoring (n = 302) Traditional monitoring (n = 319) | All-cause mortality, All-cause hospitalizations, | 12 months | 20/241 | 26/251 | 139/241 | 150/251 |
HF-related hospitalizations, | - | - | 39/241 | 44/251 | ||||
cardiovascular-related hospitalizations | - | - | 99/241 | 106/251 | ||||
Krum H., 2013 [27] | 313 | Telemonitoring (n = 188) Traditional monitoring (n = 217) | All-cause mortality, all-cause hospitalizations | 12 months | 17/170 | 16/209 | 74/161 | 114/204 |
Idris, 2015 [28] | 28 | Telemonitoring (n = 14) Traditional monitoring (n = 14) | All-cause mortality, all-cause hospitalizations | 6 months | 1/14 | 2/14 | 1/14 | 7/14 |
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Garanin, A.; Rubanenko, A.; Trusov, Y.; Rubanenko, O.; Kolsanov, A. Comparative Effectiveness of Complex Telemedicine Support in Prevention of Hospitalizations and Mortality in Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Life 2024, 14, 507. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14040507
Garanin A, Rubanenko A, Trusov Y, Rubanenko O, Kolsanov A. Comparative Effectiveness of Complex Telemedicine Support in Prevention of Hospitalizations and Mortality in Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Life. 2024; 14(4):507. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14040507
Chicago/Turabian StyleGaranin, Andrey, Anatoly Rubanenko, Yuriy Trusov, Olesya Rubanenko, and Alexandr Kolsanov. 2024. "Comparative Effectiveness of Complex Telemedicine Support in Prevention of Hospitalizations and Mortality in Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" Life 14, no. 4: 507. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14040507