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Trial reportJournal of telemedicine and telecare2014

Randomized controlled feasibility trial of two telemedicine medication reminder systems for older adults with heart failure.

Carly M Goldstein, Emily C Gathright, Mary A Dolansky, John Gunstad, Anthony Sterns, Joseph D Redle, Richard Josephson, Joel W Hughes

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of telemedicine and telecare, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. mHealth education interventions in heart failure.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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  7. Mobile Apps for Increasing Treatment Adherence: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019
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  14. Remote Health Monitoring for Older Adults and Those with Heart Failure: Adherence and System Usability.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2016
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  18. Interventions for increasing medication adherence in heart failure patients: A narrative review.Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Carly M GoldsteinDepartment of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio, USA cgoldst1@kent.edu.
Emily C GathrightDepartment of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio, USA.
Mary A DolanskyFrances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio, USA.
John GunstadDepartment of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.
Anthony SternsDepartment of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA Creative Action LLC, Akron, Ohio, USA.
Joseph D RedleSumma Health System, Akron, Ohio, USA.
Richard JosephsonHarrington-McLaughlin Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland Ohio, USA Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Joel W HughesDepartment of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio, USA Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio, USA.

Funding

Cognitive Impairment and Self-management in Adults with Heart FailureR01HL096710 · NHLBI · KENT STATE UNIVERSITY · PI DOLANSKY, MARY, HUGHES, JOEL W · 2010 to 2013
$2.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS 1 R01 HL096710-01A1NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL096710
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We conducted a feasibility study of a telehealth intervention (an electronic pill box) and an m-health intervention (an app on a smartphone) for improving medication adherence in older adults with heart failure. A secondary aim was to compare patient acceptance of the devices. The participants were 60 adults with HF (65% male). Their average age was 69 years and 83% were Caucasian. Patients were randomized using a 2 × 2 design to one of four groups: pillbox silent, pillbox reminding, smartphone silent, smartphone reminding. We examined adherence to 4 medications over 28 days. The overall adherence rate was 78% (SD 35). People with the telehealth device adhered 80% of the time and people with the smartphone adhered 76% of the time. Those who received reminders adhered 79% of the time, and those with passive medication reminder devices adhered 78% of the time, i.e. reminding did not improve adherence. Patients preferred the m-health approach. Future interventions may need to address other contributors to poor adherence such as motivation.

Indexed as

Mobile ApplicationsAgedAged, 80 and overCell PhoneDrug MonitoringFeasibility StudiesFemaleHeart FailureHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CarePatient SatisfactionQuality of LifeReminder SystemsTelemedicine

Identifiers

PMID24958355
PMCPMC6957063

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