Stefanie Maria Werhahn|Henning Dathe|Thorsten Rottmann|Thomas Franke|Dan Vahdat|Gerd Hasenfuß|Tim Seidler
Designing meaningful outcome parameters using mobile technology: a new mobile application for telemonitoring of patients with heart failure
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen|Universitätsmedizin Göttingen|Universitätsmedizin Göttingen|Universitätsmedizin Göttingen|Universitätsmedizin Göttingen|Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
abstract aims health data captured commercially available smart devices may represent meaningful patientreported outcome measures proms heart failure hf patients purpose study test hypothesis evaluating feasibility new telemonitoring concept patients following initial hf hospitalization methods results designed cardio patient monitoring platform cpmp comprised mobile iosbased applications patients smartphonesmartwatch equivalent application physicians tablet allowed safe continuous data transmission selfmeasured physiological parameters activity data patientreported symptoms prospective feasibility trial 692 patient days 10 patients hospitalized newly diagnosed hf reduced ejection fraction mean left ventricular ejection fraction lvef 265 98 examined cpmp first 2 months following discharge 69 15 observation days per patient mean daily step count recorded mobile devices emerged promising new prom 14 day average increased study period 3612 3311 stepsday study inclusion 7069 5006 stepsday end study p lt 00001 unique continuously reflecting reallife activity correlated significantly traditional surrogate parameters cardiac performance including lvef r 044 95 ci 007071 p 00232 6 min walk test r 067 95 ci 038084 p 00002 scores healthrelated quality life questionnaires conclusions provide first patient monitoring platform hf patients relies commercially available ioswatchosbased devices study suggests ready implementation tool recording meaningful proms future hf trials telemonitoring