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Why patients stop using their home telehealth technologies over time: Predictors of discontinuation in Veterans with heart failure.
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- Effects of discharge education program on recovery and quality of life after cardiac surgery: a 12 week follow-up single-blind randomized controlled trial.BMC surgery · 2026Trial
- Factors Influencing Telehealth Service Use and Health Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- The Effect of Veteran Race and Socioeconomic Status on Enrollment in Remote Patient Monitoring for Hypertension: Retrospective Observational Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Observational
- Adherence to eHealth Interventions Among Patients With Heart Failure: Scoping Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
- Optimisation of Remote Monitoring Programmes in Heart Failure: Evaluation of Patient Drop-Out Behaviour and Healthcare Professionals' Perspectives.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Improving Veteran Engagement with Virtual Care Technologies: a Veterans Health Administration State of the Art Conference Research Agenda.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Review
- Home Telehealth in the Veterans Health Administration: Trends and Correlates of Length of Enrollment from 2010 to 2017.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Observational
- Virtual Hybrid Versus In-Person Administration of Transcending Self Therapy for Veterans with Substance Use Disorders.Substance use : research and treatmentArticle
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Abstract
backgroundDaily use of home telehealth (HT) technologies decreases over time. Barriers to continued use are unclear. PURPOSE: To examine predictors of drop-out from HT in Veterans with heart failure.
methodsData for Veterans with heart failure enrolled in the Veterans Affairs HT Program were analyzed using a mixed effects Cox regression model to determine risk of dropping-out over a 1-year period.
findingsOlder (hazard ratio [HR] 1.01), sicker (prior hospital readmission [HR 1.39]), higher probability of hospital admission/death [HR 1.23], functional impairments [1.14]) and white Veterans (compared to black; HR 1.41) had higher risk of drop-out in HT Programs. Users of VA's online patient portal (HR 0.90) had lower risk of drop-out. DISCUSSION: Older and sicker patients are at most risk of stopping HT use, yet use of a patient portal shows promise in improving continued use. Interventions targeting patients at high risk for HT discontinuation are needed to promote ongoing engagement.
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