The patient perspective on remote monitoring of implantable cardiac devices

Figure 1. Patients’ perception of remote monitoring. (A) Importance of given advantages regarding remote monitoring. As patients had the possibility to choose multiple answers, they had to sort the given answers according to their importance. The importance is represented in colors. (B) Patients’ ideas on the advantages and disadvantages of remote monitoring. ICD = implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; CIED = cardiac implantable device.

Figure 2. Patients’ answers on the change regarding coping since the use of remote monitoring.

Figure 3. Patients’ opinions regarding the use of a smartphone for remote monitoring. Patients’ interest in using their own smartphone with an application instead of the transmitter for data transmission. Patients had to choose between 1 and 10 with 1 meaning “no interest” to 10 meaning “high interest”–median (P25; P75) 7.0 (2.0; 10.0) (A). Patients’ responses to the question if they would, asked today, prefer a smartphone with an application or a transmitter next to their bed for data transmission (B). Advantages (C) and disadvantages (D) of using a smartphone for remote monitoring.

Figure 4. Interest in using the own smartphone instead of the transmitter for data transmission, divided into groups regarding different parameters (A–D). Patients had to choose between 1 and 10 with 1 meaning “no interest” to 10 meaning “high interest.” p-values of < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. The small circles represent the median. ICD = implantable cardioverter defibrillator; PM = pacemaker; CRT = cardiac resynchronization therapy; ILR = implantable loop recorder.

Figure 5. Patient’s responses on information that should be shown in an application regarding remote monitoring of CIEDs. Multiple answers were possible. CIED = cardiac implantable electronic device.