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. 2021 Mar 9;23(3):e24363. doi: 10.2196/24363

Table 3.

Intervention consequences—stakeholder outcomes.

Intervention consequences Considered by the included studies, n References
Patient or client outcomes

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

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

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.