Hoban Mary Beth, Fedor Martha, Reeder Sara, Chernick Michael
Home Care Network, Main Line Health, Jefferson University Hospitals, 240 Radnor Chester Rd., Radnor, PA 19087, USA.
Home Healthc Nurse. 2013 Jul-Aug;31(7):368-77. doi: 10.1097/NHH.0b013e318291fd56.
Heart failure (HF) is a costly chronic disease that affects 5.7 million people in the United States. Home healthcare agencies are implementing initiatives to reduce hospitalizations and manage HF patients at home. In this study, telemonitoring improved patients' perception of their quality of life and assisted them to sustain critical self-care behaviors. Patients who were monitored had fewer hospitalizations but telemonitoring was not statistically significant in lowering hospitalizations.
心力衰竭（HF）是一种代价高昂的慢性疾病，在美国影响着570万人。家庭医疗保健机构正在实施相关举措，以减少住院次数并在家中管理心力衰竭患者。在这项研究中，远程监测改善了患者对其生活质量的认知，并帮助他们维持关键的自我护理行为。接受监测的患者住院次数较少，但远程监测在降低住院次数方面并无统计学意义。
