Journal article
The Penn State Heart Assistant: A pilot study of a web-based intervention to improve self-care of heart failure patients
Health informatics journal, Vol.25(2), pp.292-303
06/01/2019
DOI: 10.1177/1460458217704247
PMID: 28504048
Abstract
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.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Penn State Heart Assistant: A pilot study of a web-based intervention to improve self-care of heart failure patients
- Creators
- Tom Lloyd - Pennsylvania State UniversityHarleah Buck - University of South FloridaAndrew Foy - Pennsylvania State UniversitySara Black - Pennsylvania State UniversityAntony Pinter - Pennsylvania State UniversityRosanne Pogash - Pennsylvania State UniversityBobby Eismann - Makcad Design, Hummelstown, USA.Eric Balaban - Pennsylvania State UniversityJohn Chan - Pennsylvania State UniversityAllen Kunselman - Pennsylvania State UniversityJoshua Smyth - Pennsylvania State UniversityJohn Boehmer - Pennsylvania State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health informatics journal, Vol.25(2), pp.292-303
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1177/1460458217704247
- PMID
- 28504048
- ISSN
- 1460-4582
- eISSN
- 1741-2811
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- Department of Public Health Sciences UL1 TR000127 / NIH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA I.O. Silver Endowment Fund of the Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute Penn State Social Sciences Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984370742502771
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