Table 3.
Intervention consequences | Considered by the included studies, n | References | |
Patient or client outcomes | |||
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Physical health status (mortality, morbidity, cardiovascular events, exacerbations, etc) | 14 | [30,32-34,43,44,46,47,54,55,59-61,68] |
|
Psychological health status (anxiety, depression, or empowerment) | 4 | [22-24,66] |
|
QALYsa | 12 | [24,35,36,39-41,44,50,52,62,71,73] |
|
Quality of life (if not measured in QALYs but differently) | 11 | [24,28,33,37,38,42,47,56,61,64,66] |
|
Setting-specific quality of care indicators | 1 | [31] |
|
Satisfaction (with the device or eHealth service) | 8 | [20,23,25,29,31,40,51,66] |
|
Satisfaction (in general) | 5 | [22,28,30,37,61] |
|
Patient experience or perceived benefits | 3 | [57,65,69] |
|
Well-being | 1 | [72] |
|
Time spent in the usual place of residence | 1 | [26] |
|
Transfer to a different level of care | 1 | [30] |
|
Time absent from work (productivity loss or loss of income) | 2 | [44,62] |
|
Device-related technical events | 2 | [43,47] |
Professional caregivers | |||
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Satisfaction with the device | 2 | [20,25] |
|
Satisfaction in general | 1 | [30] |
|
Travel time to patient’s home | 11 | [20,25,28,30-32,49,51,56,63,65,70] |
Informal caregivers | |||
|
Time absent from work (productivity loss) | 2 | [62,70] |
|
Burden | 1 | [66] |
|
Well-being | 1 | [72] |
Transfer payments | |||
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Attendance allowance (recipients receive payments to manage their own health) | 1 | [69] |
|
Respite care (payments made to relieve informal caregivers from providing care) | 1 | [69] |
aQALYs: quality-adjusted life years.