What are the anticipated absolute effects of telemonitoring for chronic heart failure?
The anticipated absolute effects of telemonitoring for chronic heart failure is that it can lead to decreased all-cause mortality, decreased all-cause hospitalization, and improved quality of life (as measured by the SF-36 Mental and Physical component summary). Specifically, the risk difference with telemonitoring is 6.88 lower to 0.87 higher for mortality and 0.52 lower to 10.52 higher for quality of life. Furthermore, the risk difference for all-cause hospitalization is 54 fewer to 81 more. However, these effects are limited by risk of bias, imprecision, and publication bias.