Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesCohort study
Weight Telemonitoring of Heart Failure Versus Standard of Care in a Real-World Setting: Results on Mortality and Hospitalizations in a 6-Month Nationwide Matched Cohort Study
- Retrospective cohort study
- propensity-score matched
- nationwide
- claims database
Authors' conclusion
The results of this nationwide cohort study highlight a valuable role for telemonitoring solutions such as CCC in the management of high-risk HF patients.
Study context
- Population
- Adults with ICD-10-coded heart failure (HF) diagnosis, French national claims database (SNDS) linked to Chronic Care Connect (CCC) database, Feb 2018–Mar 2020matched cohort
- Participants
- 1,358 vs 2,456
- Exposure
- Weight telemonitoring vs standard of care
- Telemonitoringn = 1,358
- Standard of care (SOC)n = 2,456reference
- Outcome
- Mortality, HF hospitalizations and associated costs
- Follow-up
- 6 months
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Telemonitoring vs SOCHazard ratio (95% CI)
mortality
0.71(0.56–0.89)
first HF hospitalization
1.81(1.55–2.13)
- HF healthcare costs
- relative cost 1.38 (95% CI 1.26–1.51)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Length of overnight HF hospitalization; emergency visits preceding HF hospitalization
- Shorter average length of overnight HF hospitalization and fewer emergency visits preceding HF hospitalizations with telemonitoring vs SOC
Original publication
Weight Telemonitoring of Heart Failure Versus Standard of Care in a Real-World Setting: Results on Mortality and Hospitalizations in a 6-Month Nationwide Matched Cohort Study. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 7 March 2024. doi:10.1002/ejhf.3191
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it