Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesMeta-analysis
Remote Patient Monitoring in Heart Failure: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of Effective Programme Components for Hospitalization and Mortality Reduction
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials
- random-effects
Authors' conclusion
This meta-analysis confirms the efficacy of RPM in reducing HF-related hospitalizations and mortality.
Study context
- Population
- Heart Failure (HF) patients; RCTs January 2012 to June 2023
- Participants
- 16,312 patients · 41 studies
- Comparison
- Non-invasive remote patient monitoring (RPM) vs usual care
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Mortality and first HF hospitalization · mean follow-up 9.88 ± 6.37 months
RPM vs Usual careOdds ratio (95% CI)
mortality; I2 = 0.39
0.81(0.69–0.95)
first HF hospitalization; I2 = 0.21
0.78(0.70–0.87)
Further pooled results
HF hospitalizations by RPM component
- Self-management module significantly lowered HF hospitalizations
- P < 0.001
- Education module significantly lowered HF hospitalizations
- P = 0.028
- Video calls further reduced HF hospitalizations
- P = 0.047
- Video calls further reduced all-cause hospitalizations
- P < 0.001
Original publication
Remote Patient Monitoring in Heart Failure: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of Effective Programme Components for Hospitalization and Mortality Reduction. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 20 January 2025. doi:10.1002/ejhf.3568
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it