E-Health Based Heart Failure Intervention: Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

Patients with heart failure patients. This case in an increased incidence of mortality and rehospitalization. Monitoring and controlling are needed to improve the quality of life and self-care to improve health. The e-health telemonitoring intervention is a breakthrough to overcome this. Purpose: Review e-health telemonitoring interventions in heart failure patients and identify the context, components, and outcome of e-health telemonitoring interventions used in HF patients. Methods: The literature search in this study used a database based Pro-Quest, PubMed, and ScienceDirect. The search was carried out in October-November 2020. The paper keyword: "E-health" OR "Telemonitoring" OR "Remote health monitoring" AND "Intervention" NOT "Treatment" NOT "Therapy" AND "Heart failure" OR "Coronary failure" NOT "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease". The type of study is Randomize control and trial. The protocols used were PRISMA and JBI to analyze and synthesize this study. Results and Discussion: 6 studies were obtained based on predefined inclusion criteria. The e-health telemonitoring interventions found were interactive telephone calls, websites, applications, electronic devices, and face-to-face calls. While the components of the intervention needed include technology, education, support, and direction. However, some studies show that the outcome is not affected by the intervention (null outcome). Conclusion: E-health telemonitoring is very helpful for improving QoL and self-care in heart failure patients with a combination of several e-health interventions and incorporating all existing intervention components to get maximum results. Some studies show that the outcome is not affected by the intervention (null outcome).