Effectiveness of telemonitoring-enhanced support over structured telephone support in reducing heart failure-related healthcare utilization in a multi-ethnic Asian setting.

Aims: Our study aimed to compare the effectiveness of telemonitoring over structured telephone support in reducing heart failure-related healthcare utilization.

Methods: This was a non-randomised controlled study comparing 150 recently discharged heart failure patients enrolled into telemonitoring and 55 patients who only received structured telephone support after rejecting telemonitoring. Patient activation, knowledge and self-management levels were measured at baseline and the one year upon programme completion using the Patient Activation Measure, the Dutch Heart Failure Knowledge Scale and the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index respectively.