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Metas de Enfermería

Metas de Enfermería

JUNIO 2013 N° 5 Volumen 16

Pilot study with a remote cardiac monitoring device

Section: Method

How to quote

Álvarez Leiva MI, González-Valdayo López M, Tallón Moreno R, Lucena Cruz C, Ramos Durán C, López Marco MJ. Pilotaje de un dispositivo de monitorización cardiaca remota. Metas Enferm 2013; 16(5):12-17.

Authors

1Mª Isabel Álvarez Leiva, 2Miguel González-Valdayo López, 3Rodrigo Tallón Moreno, 4Carmen Lucena Cruz, 5Celia Ramos Durán, 1Mª José López Marco

Position

1Enfermera. Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena (HUVM), Sevilla.2Licenciado en Medicina. HUVM, Sevilla.3Doctor en Medicina. HUVM, Sevilla.4Diplomada en Fisioterapia. HUVM, Sevilla.5Licenciada en Psicología. HUVM, Sevilla.

Contact address

Mª Isabel Álvarez Leiva. C/ Juzgado, 2, 2º C. 41003 Sevilla.

Contact email: maribelaleiva@samu.es

Abstract

Objectives: to assess the efficacy of a monitoring system (quality and range of recording, signal transmitted in the card, measurement parameters), the extent of satisfaction by users, and the future implementation of the device in low-risk patients in order to reach a higher number of patients in a Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) Program.
Materials and method: transversal descriptive study on patients in the CR Program. Data collection was conducted through a registry. A descriptive analysis for all the study variables was implemented, and in order to assess the device efficacy, the ANOVA test for a single factor was conducted, using the SPSS 18.0 program.
Results: sixty (60) patients were included in the study (86.3% were male, with a median age of 54.9 years). The registry quality was good in 40% of cases, and the range was good in 52% of cases. Registries presented few artifacts (28%), and only 24% showed some disconnection in the device. The device reliability has been confirmed as very good (76%) by using the pulsimeter. Wearing the t-shirt has been very comfortable for 56% of patients, and it has helped to a better practice of physical activities to 64% of patients. 92% of the subjects would recommend the use of the t-shirt to other people.
Conclusions: the Cardiac Monitoring Platform by Nuubo has developed a solution which allows remote and non-invasive bio-monitoring, with a good quality registry for patient treatment at home; besides, the improvements to be implemented in the future remote system have been defined.

Keywords:

cardiac rehabilitation; home care; outpatient monitoring; pilot study; quality controlresearch

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Título:

Pilotaje de un dispositivo de monitorización cardiaca remota