Effectiveness of a telemonitoring intensive strategy in early rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with the conventional management approach.
Source: Salaffi et al. 2016 - Pubmed ID: 27038788
Setting: Italy, University hospital
Study design:
RCT
Follow up: 1 year
Patient group:
Sample size:
Total: 44
IG: 21
CG: 20
Inclusion criteria:
- Early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA)
Type of technology:
Home monitoring (web platform (RETE-MARCHE))
- Data
- Disease activity
- Demographics
- Monitoring:
– Disease
– Alarms
Intervention:
Intervention: Telemonitoring intensive strategy in reaching remission and comprehensive disease control (CDC). 13 visits: 5 face-to-face visits and 8 televisits. Clinicians are notified by alarms and contact the patient, if necessary
Duration: 1 year
Add on: NA
Control group: Usual care
Clinical effect:
- Remission↑
- Time to remission↑
- Functional impairment↑
- Joint damage↓
- CDC rate↑
Patient safety: NA
Patient experiences/
Staff experiences:
Patient experiences:
- Overall average satisfaction of 4,28/5
- 90,5 % said that they would use the system in the future
Staff experiences: NA
Investment:
Equipment
- RETE-MARCHE development
Running
Equipment
- RETE-MARCHE
Staff
- Monitoring
- Patient technical training
- Technical support
Organization: NA
Health care utilization: NA