Menu

rss
Evid Based Nurs 14:27-28 doi:10.1136/ebn1116
  • Primary health care
  • Cochrane systematic review

Telemonitoring or structured telephone support for people with chronic heart failure reduces CHF-related hospital admissions; telemonitoring also reduces all-cause mortality

Editor's Choice
  1. Jillian P Riley
  1. Department of Education, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; MSc Cardiorespiratory Nursing, Imperial College, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Jillian P Riley
    Department of Education, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Sydney Street, London SW36NP, UK; jillian.riley{at}imperial.ac.uk

Commentary on: Inglis SC, Clark RA, McAlister FA, et al. Structured telephone support or telemonitoring programmes for patients with chronic heart failure. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010;8:CD007228.

Disease management for patients with heart failure

Chronic heart failure is common. Management is complex, and patients require regular professional monitoring and follow-up as well as support for self-care. There is good evidence for disease-management programmes through home or clinic visits,1 and such programmes are recommended in international guidelines.2 However, heart failure predominately affects the older people, and their limited mobility and lack of social support may make hospital clinic attendance problematic. Home visits may bridge this gap but are costly in …

[Full text of this article]
No Related Web Pages

This Article

  1. Extract
  2. Full text
  3. PDF
  4. All Versions of this Article:
    1. ebn1116v1
    2. 14/1/27 most recent

Responses

  1. Submit a response
  2. No responses published

Social bookmarking

EBN Online Journal Club

The EBN Online Journal Club offers readers the opportunity to participate in discussion about research articles and commentaries from Evidence Based Nursing (EBN).

How to participate >>

Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.