Key result
The VITAL telehealth program did not improve patient anxiety compared to standard care, but reduced patient physician contacts and decreased anxiety in female caregivers.
Why the study?
Does the VITAL Telehealth Program improve anxiety levels in CABG surgery patients and their caregivers compared to standard care?
RCT
Does the VITAL Telehealth Program improve anxiety levels in CABG surgery patients and their caregivers compared to standard care?
A telehealth follow-up program for CABG patients and their caregivers reduced patient physician contacts and improved caregiver anxiety and depressive symptoms, though it did not significantly affect patient anxiety or depression.
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Telehealth after CABG shows no patient mental health benefit but fewer contacts and better caregiver outcomes; extends remote care evidence in cardiac surgery.
The purpose of this randomized trial was to determine whether coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients and their caregivers who received telehealth follow-up had greater improvements in anxiety levels from pre-surgery to 3 weeks after discharge than did those who received standard care. Secondary outcomes included changes in depressive symptoms and patients' contacts with physicians. No group differences were noted in changes in patients' anxiety and depressive symptoms, but patients in the telehealth group had fewer physician contacts (p = .04). Female caregivers in the telehealth group had greater decreases in anxiety than those in standard care (p < .001), and caregivers of both genders in the telehealth group had greater decreases in depressive symptoms (p = .03).
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Keeping‐Burke et al. (2013) conducted an RCT in Coronary artery bypass graft surgery. VITAL Telehealth Program vs. Standard care was evaluated on Improvements in anxiety levels from pre-surgery to 3 weeks after discharge. The VITAL telehealth program did not improve patient anxiety compared to standard care, but reduced patient physician contacts and decreased anxiety in female caregivers.
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