TY - JOUR
T1 - The Penn State Heart Assistant
T2 - A pilot study of a web-based intervention to improve self-care of heart failure patients
AU - Lloyd, Thomas
AU - Buck, Harleah
AU - Foy, Andrew
AU - Black, Sara
AU - Pinter, Antony
AU - Pogash, Rosanne
AU - Eismann, Bobby
AU - Balaban, Eric
AU - Chan, John
AU - Kunselman, Allen
AU - Smyth, Joshua Morrison
AU - Boehmer, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - The Penn State Heart Assistant, a web-based, tablet computer-accessed, secure application was developed to conduct a proof of concept test, targeting patient self-care activities of heart failure patients including daily medication adherence, weight monitoring, and aerobic activity. Patients (n = 12) used the tablet computer-accessed program for 30 days—recording their information and viewing a short educational video. Linear random coefficient models assessed the relationship between weight and time and exercise and time. Good medication adherence (66% reporting taking 75% of prescribed medications) was reported. Group compliance over 30 days for weight and exercise was 84 percent. No persistent weight gain over 30 days, and some indication of weight loss (slope of weight vs time was negative (−0.17; p value = 0.002)), as well as increased exercise (slope of exercise vs time was positive (0.08; p value = 0.04)) was observed. This study suggests that mobile technology is feasible, acceptable, and has potential for cost-effective opportunities to manage heart failure patients safely at home.
AB - The Penn State Heart Assistant, a web-based, tablet computer-accessed, secure application was developed to conduct a proof of concept test, targeting patient self-care activities of heart failure patients including daily medication adherence, weight monitoring, and aerobic activity. Patients (n = 12) used the tablet computer-accessed program for 30 days—recording their information and viewing a short educational video. Linear random coefficient models assessed the relationship between weight and time and exercise and time. Good medication adherence (66% reporting taking 75% of prescribed medications) was reported. Group compliance over 30 days for weight and exercise was 84 percent. No persistent weight gain over 30 days, and some indication of weight loss (slope of weight vs time was negative (−0.17; p value = 0.002)), as well as increased exercise (slope of exercise vs time was positive (0.08; p value = 0.04)) was observed. This study suggests that mobile technology is feasible, acceptable, and has potential for cost-effective opportunities to manage heart failure patients safely at home.
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U2 - 10.1177/1460458217704247
DO - 10.1177/1460458217704247
M3 - Article
C2 - 28504048
AN - SCOPUS:85041308697
SN - 1460-4582
VL - 25
SP - 292
EP - 303
JO - Health informatics journal
JF - Health informatics journal
IS - 2
ER -