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November 1, 2008The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Exploration of Patients' Readiness for an eHealth Management Program for Chronic Heart Failure

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Why the study?

Are patients with heart failure ready to use an eHealth management program including telemonitoring and motivational components?

Population

44 patients with heart failure enrolled in the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration project for HF…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

ENEun-Shim NahmKBKay BlumBSBarbara Scharf

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Overview

High HF patient confidence supports eHealth feasibility if access provided; leaves open efficacy in prospective trials.

Structured PICO

Are patients with heart failure ready to use an eHealth management program including telemonitoring and motivational components?

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Population
44 patients with heart failure (mean age 72.8 years, range 55-85 years) enrolled in the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration project for HF management.
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Intervention
Assessment of readiness for an eHealth program including telemonitoring and motivational components (Web learning modules, eCommunication).
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Outcome
Readiness of patients with HF in using an eHealth program and specific needs of patients with HF.patient reported

Patients with heart failure demonstrate high readiness and confidence to use eHealth programs if access and training are provided.

Limitations

  • Small convenience sample
  • Needs larger, diverse samples

Cite This Study

Nahm et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7a614dbdf697b3de029d82https://doi.org/10.1097/01.jcn.0000317459.41015.d6
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