Telemedicine Intervention to Improve Long-Term Risk Factor Control and Body Composition in Persons with High Cardiovascular Risk: Results from a Randomized Trial: Telehealth strategies may offer an advantage over standard institutional based interventions for improvement of cardiovascular risk in high-risk patients long-term.
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Date of Publication
March 25, 2021
Publication Type
Article
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Contributor
Pogosova, Nana | |
Yufereva, Yulia | |
Sokolova, Olga | |
Yusubova, Anara | |
Suvorov, Alexander |
Series
Global heart
ISSN or ISBN (if monograph)
2211-8160
Publisher
Ubiquity Press
Language
English
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PubMed ID
33833945
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Description
Background
Telehealth strategies are increasingly used to support people at high cardiovascular risk long-term, but is it unclear if these interventions are effective at improving cardiovascular risk.
Objective
To evaluate the effects of a telemedicine technology-based program on risk factor control and body composition in patients at high cardiovascular risk.
Methods
This is a population based randomized controlled trial. 100 patients at high and very high cardiovascular risk were randomly assigned to a telemedicine technology-based program consisting of: Comprehensive counseling on risk factors delivered by a physician; biweekly remote support via phone delivered by a trained nurse during the first three months after enrollment; and a control group receiving routine care with individual single-session counseling on patients' current risk factors without further support. The follow-up period was 1 year.
Results
Mean age of participants was 59.9 ± 4.5 years, 80% were women. Weight (-0.582; p < 0.001), waist circumference (-0.429; p = 0.01), body mass index (-0.216; p < 0.001) diastolic blood pressure (-0.881; p = 0.04), total cholesterol (-0.149; p = 0.01) and LDL cholesterol (-0.123; p = 0.003) were lower in the intervention group compared to the control group after 12-month. Body fat mass was also lower (-0.352; p = 0.01) and lean mass was higher (0.92; p = 0.03) in the intervention group. Anxiety scores (-2.5; p < 0.002) and depression scores (-2.6; p < 0.001) were also lower in the intervention group.
Conclusions
Among older people at high cardiovascular risk, the addition of telehealth strategies using remote support by phone calls over a period of 3 month resulted in small but significant improvements of cardiovascular risk factors, body composition, anxiety, and depression which are maintained long-term. Such telehealth strategies may offer an advantage over standard institution-based interventions.
Telehealth strategies are increasingly used to support people at high cardiovascular risk long-term, but is it unclear if these interventions are effective at improving cardiovascular risk.
Objective
To evaluate the effects of a telemedicine technology-based program on risk factor control and body composition in patients at high cardiovascular risk.
Methods
This is a population based randomized controlled trial. 100 patients at high and very high cardiovascular risk were randomly assigned to a telemedicine technology-based program consisting of: Comprehensive counseling on risk factors delivered by a physician; biweekly remote support via phone delivered by a trained nurse during the first three months after enrollment; and a control group receiving routine care with individual single-session counseling on patients' current risk factors without further support. The follow-up period was 1 year.
Results
Mean age of participants was 59.9 ± 4.5 years, 80% were women. Weight (-0.582; p < 0.001), waist circumference (-0.429; p = 0.01), body mass index (-0.216; p < 0.001) diastolic blood pressure (-0.881; p = 0.04), total cholesterol (-0.149; p = 0.01) and LDL cholesterol (-0.123; p = 0.003) were lower in the intervention group compared to the control group after 12-month. Body fat mass was also lower (-0.352; p = 0.01) and lean mass was higher (0.92; p = 0.03) in the intervention group. Anxiety scores (-2.5; p < 0.002) and depression scores (-2.6; p < 0.001) were also lower in the intervention group.
Conclusions
Among older people at high cardiovascular risk, the addition of telehealth strategies using remote support by phone calls over a period of 3 month resulted in small but significant improvements of cardiovascular risk factors, body composition, anxiety, and depression which are maintained long-term. Such telehealth strategies may offer an advantage over standard institution-based interventions.
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