Telehealth for heart failure

The evidence on telehealth (TH) interventions for the management of heart failure, although limited, suggests that significant improvements are achievable in terms of increased Quality of Life and reduced hospitalisations and mortality. The mechanisms by which such outcomes emerge is rarely considered. A greater understanding of these mechanisms might facilitate the development of more effective TH interventions. One possible mediating mechanism is patient self-care behaviour. We report a systematic review of the quality and strength of evidence for a model in which self-care behaviour mediates beneficial outcomes

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