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Trial reportBMJ open2017

Innovative Telemonitoring Enhanced Care Programme for Chronic Heart Failure (ITEC-CHF) to improve guideline compliance and collaborative care: protocol of a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Hang Ding, Rajiv Jayasena, Andrew Maiorana, Alison Dowling, Sheau Huey Chen, Mohan Karunanithi, Jamie Layland, Iain Edwards

Open access · goldAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMJ open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Disease management interventions for heart failure.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hang DingThe Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0513-2876
Rajiv JayasenaThe Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Andrew MaioranaAllied Health Department and Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Service, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.
Alison DowlingIntegrated Care & Dental, Peninsula Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Sheau Huey ChenSchool of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Mohan KarunanithiThe Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Jamie LaylandDepartment of Cardiology, Peninsula Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Iain EdwardsIntegrated Care & Dental, Peninsula Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation · AUPeninsula Health · AUCurtin University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionChronic heart failure (CHF) is a life-threatening chronic disease characterised by periodic exacerbations and recurrent hospitalisations. In the management of CHF, patient compliance with evidence-based clinical guidelines is essential, but remains difficult practically. The objective of this study is to examine whether an Innovative Telemonitoring Enhanced Care Programme for CHF (ITEC-CHF) improves patients' compliance, and associated health and economic outcomes. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: An open multicentre randomised controlled trial has been designed. Patients will be recruited and randomised to receive either ITEC-CHF (n=150) or usual care CHF (n=150) for at least 6 months. ITEC-CHF combines usual care and an additional telemonitoring service including remote weight monitoring, structured telephone support and nurse-led collaborative care. The primary outcomes are the compliance rates with the best-practice guidelines for daily weight monitoring. The secondary outcomes include the compliance with other guideline recommendations (health maintenance, medication, diet and exercise), health (health-related quality of life, risk factors, functional capacity and psychological states) and economic outcomes related to the use of healthcare resources such as hospital readmissions and general practitioner/emergency department visits. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The clinical trial has been approved by Peninsula Health Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC Reference: HREC/14/PH/27), Royal Perth Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee (Reference: 15-081) and the Curtin University Human Research Ethics Committee (Reference: HR 181/2014). We will disseminate the final results to the public via conferences and journal publications. A final study report will also be provided to the ethics committees. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Registered with Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry (ACTRN12614000916640).

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Guideline AdherencePatient ComplianceChronic DiseaseClinical ProtocolsHeart FailureHumansQuality of LifeRisk FactorsSelf CareTelemedicineTelephonecomplianceheart failureinternettelehealth

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PMID28993389
PMCPMC5640081
OpenAlexW2763274023

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