Impact of a telehealth intervention to augment home health care on functional and recovery outcomes of elderly patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
Impact of a telehealth intervention to augment home health care on functional and recovery outcomes of elderly patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
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DOI:
10.1016/j.hrtlng.2005.10.003
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发表时间:
2006-07-01
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影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Hertzog, Melody
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作者:
Barnason, Susan;Zimmerman, Lani;Hertzog, Melody
OBJECTIVE: This pilot study examined the effect of a home communication intervention (HQ to augment home health care (HHC) on functioning and recovery outcomes of elderly patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft.DESIGN: A randomized, experimental two-group (N = 50) repeated-measures design was used. Both HCI and control subjects received HHC, and the HCI group also received the 12-week HCI delivered by a telehealth device, the Health Buddy(C) (Health Hero Network). The Medical Outcome Study Short Form-36 measured physiologic and psychosocial functioning at baseline, 6 weeks, and 3 months after surgery. Follow-up subject interviews ascertained self-report of postoperative problems and health care use.SAMPLE: Subjects had an average age of 75.3.years and included males (56%) and females (44%).RESULTS: By using repeated-measures analyses of covariance, covariating for the total number of HHC visits, HCI subjects, compared with the HHC group only, had a significantly higher adjusted mean general health functioning score (F = 8.41 [1, 36], P